Eurocentricism or Nordicism
- Response by Kaveh Farrokh to Der Spiegel Magazine’s Attack on the Legacy of Cyrus the Great (2008), Available in Persian and in German. Also available in Akhbare Rooz News Service of Iran (in Persian), Iranian.com, IranpressNews (in Persian) and Iranshenakht (in Persian). Interview with Kaveh Farrokh regarding Spiegel’s article on BBC Persian.
- Response against Spiegel by Cyrus Kar in Payvand news of Iran
- Response against Spiegel by the Shahrbaraz Blog (in Persian).
- Response to Spiegel Magazine by Professor Khosro Khazai
- Follow-up response by Kaveh Farrokh to “Response to Der Spiegel Magazine’s Attack” (2008).
- Response to the Daily Telegraph’s Article Against Cyrus the Great (2008). Response to the Daily Telegraph’s Article Against Cyrus the Great (pdf)
Eurocentricism Against Persia, Greece and Armenia
- Spiegel Magazine’s 2010 attacks against the ancient history of Iran – by the Shahrbaraz Blog in Persian (pdf)
- Challenging the core of Greek and Iranian identities (2009).
- Professor Ariel Barkan Denies the Armenian Genocide
Eurocentricism in Academia
- دکتر کاوه فرخ در گفتوگوی با هفتــــــــه: «اسواران ساسانی»، پاسخی به تفکر اروپامحوران -Transcript of Montreal-based Persian weekly Radio “Hafteh Chacavac” Interview with Kaveh Farrokh (in Persian): The Asvaran and Response to Eurocentrists (January 16, 2010).
- گفت وگو با دکتر کاوه فرخ – بخش دوم -Part two of above interview with Kaveh Farrokh, originally posted on the Asvaran Blog. This discussion discusses Eurocentricism as well as Soviet-era attempts at historical revisionism.
- Bryn Maur Classical Review: Collaborative Response to Lendering on Kaveh Farrokh, Shadows in the Desert Ancient Persia at War (February 2 2009), longer version of the response available in Rozaneh Magazine. See also in Wikipedia link for Osprey Publishing , Boston University, the Michigan War Studies Group, GMane Education Publications, and the Roman Army Talk forum (see citation towards end of discussion).
- Article by Koorosh Ahmadi: Vandalization of the Cyrus Cylinder article in Wikipedia by Eurocentirsts {pdf)
- Jona Lendering’s Crusade against Cyrus the Great. Article in Rozaneh Magazine by Saam Safavi-Zadeh & Anna Djakashvili-Bloehm. Please sign Human Rights petition against Jona Lendering.
- Gisela Fock’s Persophic “Review” against Dr. Manouchehr M. Khorasani
Eurocentricism in the Internet
- Daily Mail article (February 15, 2009): Wikipedia or “Wicked-Pedia”? See also New York Times article on political bias in Wikipedia, Guardian newspaper’s article on political editing on Wikipedia, Ludwig Braeckeleer Questions Wikipedia, Plagiarism in Wikipedia, The Wikipedia Review, Wiki-Rath: The Soros Connection
- The National Newspaper (July 21, 2009): Governments paying Cyber teams to spread favorable views on the internet
Eurocentricism or Nordicism in Cinema
The “Alexander” Movie
- The Alexander Movie: How are Iranians and Greeks portrayed? (2004); Also posted on Greek site, Payvand news of Iran, Iranscope and irandokht. Farrokh’s observations also cited on Russian academic-encyclopedia site, Wikipedia article on Alexander movie, Radio Free Europe,
The “300″ Movie
- The 300 Movie: Separating Fact from Fiction (2007); Also available in Payvand News, Iranscope and Irandokht.
- فيلم ” 300 “؛ اف سانه يا واقعيت -نوشتة كاوه فرخ -ترجمه غزال خاكسارى -(pdf)
- Article by Dr. Touraj Daryaee: How “300″ misrepresents Persians in History
- Article by Ivan Kesic: 300, the Movie, Battle of Thermopylae -Facts and Fictions
Hollywood
Racialism and Neo-Orientalism
- An example of Racialism (October 15, 2006).
- An example of anger & bitterness: Wouter Henkelman, a Professor of Iranian Studies (March 10, 2009)