Middle East and North Africa: Iran

Encyclopaedia Iranica is the most renowned reference work in the field of Iran studies. Founded by the late Professor Ehsan Yarshater and edited at the Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University, this monumental international project brings together the scholarship about Iran of thousands of authors around the world.

Reports on Iran by Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights.

Founded in 2001 "Iran Chamber Society" is a non-partisan and non-profit organization with the aim to promote Iranian culture and history. The website provides information on all aspects of Iranian/Persian history, art and culture.

This platform brings high standards of academic integrity and rigor, while remaining accessible to a broad audience.

Published by The United States Institute of Peace (USIP), it brings together 50 top experts—both Western and Iranian—to offer comprehensive but concise overviews of Iran’s politics, economy, military, foreign policy, and nuclear program.

The list of major events in the history of Iran-U.S. relations is put together by the New York Times.

Interactive slide show by the Council on Foreign Relations that covers the history of U.S.-Iran relations from 1953 to 2020.

The collection of declassified documents posted by the National Security Archive in 2017 that explains American and British roles in the August 1953 coup against Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadeq.

Collection of books, briefings and documents on U.S.-Iran relations put together by the National Security Archive.

The IAEA is the world´s center of cooperation in the nuclear field set up as the world´s "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.

Put together by GlobalSecurity.org, a public policy organization focusing on the fields of defense, space exploration, intelligence, weapons of mass destruction and homeland security. With its editorial office located in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, the organization self-describes as a "leading source of background information and developing news stories" in these fields.

Publications from Council on Foreign Relations, an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan international organization with consultative status to the United Nations. They provides access to primary source documents, historical and background information, and analysis on Iran.