Iran Nameh is the Foundation for Iranian Studies’ quarterly journal of Iranian studies published for thirty four years from 1982 to 2016.
- Vol. 30, No. 4, Winter 2016
- Vol. 30, No. 3, Fall 2015
- Vol. 30, No. 2, Summer 2015
- Vol. 30, No. 1, Spring 2015
- Vol. 29, No. 3-4, Fall and Winter 2014-2015
- Vol. 29, No. 2, Summer 2014
- Vol. 29, No. 1, Spring 2014
- Vol. 28, No. 4, Winter 2013
- Vol. 28, No. 3, Fall 2013
- Vol. 28, No. 2, Summer 2013
- Vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 2013
- Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2012
- Vol. 27, No. 2-3, Summer 2012
- Vol. 27, No. 1, Spring 2012
- Vol. 26, No. 3-4, Fall & Winter 2011
- Vol. 26, No. 1-2, Spring 2011
- Vol. 25, No. 4, Winter 2010
- Vol. 25, No. 3, Autumn 2010
- Vol. 25, No. 1-2, Spring 2010
- Vol. 24, No. 4, Winter 2009
- Vol. 24, No. 2-3, Summer & Fall 2008
- Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 2008
- Vol. 23, No. 3-4, Fall & Winter 2007
- Vol. 23, No. 1-2, Spring & Summer 2006
- Vol. 22, No. 3-4, Fall & Winter 2005
- Vol. 22, No. 1-2, Spring & Summer 2005
- Vol. 21, No. 4, Winter 2004
- Vol. 21, No. 3, Fall 2003
- Vol. 21, No. 1-2, Spring & Summer 2003
- Vol. 20, No. 4, Fall 2002
- Vol. 20, No. 2-3, Spring & Summer 2002
- Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter 2002
- Vol. 19, No. 4, Fall 2001
- Vol. 19, No. 3, Summer 2001
- Vol. 19, No. 1-2, Winter & Spring 2001
- Vol. 18, No. 4, Fall 2000
- Vol. 18, No. 3, Summer 2000
- Vol. 18, No. 2, Spring 2000
- Vol. 18, No. 1, Fall 1999 & Winter 2000
- Vol. 17, No. 3, Summer 1999
- Vol. 17, No. 2, Spring 1999
- Vol. 17, No. 1, Winter 1999
- Vol. 16, No. 4, Fall 1998
- Vol. 16, No. 2-3, Spring and Summer 1998
- Vol. 16, No. 1, Winter 1998
- Vol. 15, No. 4, Fall 1997
- Vol. 15, No. 3, Summer 1997
- Vol. 15, No. 2, Spring 1997
- Vol. 15, No. 1, Winter 1997
- Vol. 14, No. 4, Fall 1996
- Vol. 14, No. 3, Summer 1996
- Vol. 14, No. 2, Spring 1996
- Vol. 14, No. 1, Winter 1996
- Vol. 13, No. 4, Fall 1995
- Vol. 13, No. 3, Summer 1995
- Vol. 13, No. 1-2, Winter & Spring 1994
- Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1994
- Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1994
- Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1994
- Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1994
- Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1993
- Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1993
- Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1993
- Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1993
- Vol. 10, No. 4, Fall 1992
- Vol. 10, No. 3, Summer 1992
- Vol. 10, No. 2, Spring 1992
- Vol. 10, No. 1, Winter 1992
- Vol. 9, No. 4, Fall 1991
- Vol. 9, No. 3, Summer 1991
- Vol. 9, No. 2, Spring 1991
- Vol. 9, No. 1, Winter 1991
- Vol. 8, No. 4, Fall 1990
- Vol. 8, No. 3, Summer 1990
- Vol. 8, No. 2, Spring 1990
- Vol. 8, No. 1, Winter 1990
- Vol. 7, No. 4, Summer 1989
- Vol. 7, No. 3, Spring 1989
- Vol. 7, No. 2, Winter 1989
- Vol. 7, No. 1, Fall 1988
- Vol. 6, No. 4, Summer 1988
- Vol. 6, No. 3, Spring 1988
- Vol. 6, No. 2, Winter 1988
- Vol. 6, No. 1, Fall 1987
- Vol. 5, No. 4, Summer 1987
- Vol. 5, No. 3, Spring 1987
- Vol. 5, No. 2, Winter 1987
- Vol. 5, No. 1, Fall 1986
- Vol. 4, No. 4, Summer 1986
- Vol. 4, No. 3, Spring 1986
- Vol. 4, No. 2, Winter 1986
- Vol. 4, No. 1, Fall 1985
- Vol. 3, No. 4, Summer 1985
- Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring 1985
- Vol. 3, No. 2, Winter 1985
- Vol. 3, No. 1, Fall 1984
- Vol. 2, No. 4, Summer 1984
- Vol. 2, No. 3, Spring 1984
- Vol. 2, No. 2, Winter 1984
- Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 1983
- Vol. 1, No. 4, Summer 1983
- Vol. 1, No. 3, Spring 1983
- Vol. 1, No. 2, Winter 1983
- Vol. 1, No. 1, Autumn 1982
1991-2016
- Winter 2016: Dedicated to Homa Katouzian
- Fall 2015: Dedicated to Nikki Keddie
- Summer 2015: Dedicated to Ehsan Yarshater
- Spring 2015: Dedicated to Jahangir Amuzegar
Guest Editor: Hassanali Mehran - Fall/Winter 2014-2015: Afghanistan: War land and Land war
Guest Editor: Fariba Adelkhah - Summer 2014: Honoring Jaleh Amouzegar
- Winter 2013: Jalal Matini Festschrift
- Winter 2010: Iran’sPoliticalCrisis: Roots and Challenges(2)
Guest Editor:AliBanuazizi - Fall 2009: Iran’s Political Crisis: Roots and Challenges(1)
Guest Editor:AliBanuazizi - Spring and Summer 2009: Mowlânâ Jalâl al-Din Rumi
Guest Editor: Franklin Lewis - Summer and Fall 2008: Iran and the Challenges of the 21th Century
Guest Editor:Touraj Atabaki - Fall 2007 and Winter 2008: The Centennial of Iran’s Constitutional Revolution
Guest Editor: Mohammad Tavakoli-Targhi - Spring and Summer 2006: Simin Behbahani
Guest Editor: Farzaneh Milani - Spring and Summer 2005: Shahrokh Meskoob: A Commemorative (2 issues)
Guest Editor: Hassan Kamshad - Fall 2005 and Winter 2006: Afghanistan (2 issues)
Guest Editor Wali Ahmadi - Spring and Summer 2003: Seyyed Hasan Taqizadeh (2 issues)
Guest EditorHoma Katouzian - Spring and Summer 2002: Ahmad Kasravi
Guest Editor: MohammadTavakoli-Targhi - Fall 2001: Reform Under the Islamic Republic
Guest Editor: Farhad Khosrokhavar - Spring 2001: Iran’s Religious Minorities (2 issues)
Guest Editors: Janet Afari &RezaAfshari - Fall 1999: Iran Since the Islamic Revolution (2 issues)
- Summer 1999: Qajar Art
Guest Editor: Shahrokh Meskoob - Spring 1999: Ahmad Tafazzoli (In Memoriam)
Guest Editor: Fereydun Vahman - Spring 1998: Iranian Journalism
Guest Editor: Sadred-din Elahi - Winter 1997: Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh (In Memoriam)
- Fall 1997: Gholam Hossein Sadiqi (In Memoriam)
Guest Editor:Ahmad Ashraf - Summer 1997: Iranian Women
Guest Editor:Shahla Haeri - Winter 1997: Iranian Memoirs (2)
Guest Editor:Ahmad Ashraf - Fall 1996: Iranian Memoirs (1)
Guest Editor:Ahmad Ashraf - Summer 1996: Iranian Cinema
Guest Editor: Farrokh Ghaffari - Spring 1996: Dja`far Mahjoub (In Memoriam)
- Winter 1995: Iran’s Economy (2 issues)
Guest Editor:Jahangir Amuzegar - Fall 1995: Civil Society in Iran (2 issues)
Guest Editor: Farhad Kazemi - Winter 1993: Iranian Sufism
Guest Editor: SeyyedHossein Nasr - Summer 1993: Iran’s Constitutional Revolution
Guest Editor: Ahmad Ashraf - Spring 1993: Modernization of Iran
Guest Editors: Vida & Jamshid Behnam - Winter 1992: The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi
Guest Editor: Shahrokh Meskoob - Summer 1992: Sadeq Hedayat
Gues Editor: Michael Hillmann - Spring 1991: Iran’s Traditional Performing Arts
Gues Editor: Farrokh Ghaffari
Background
Iran Nameh is the Foundation For Iranian Studies’ quarterly journal of Iranian studies published for thirty four years from 1982 to 2016. While the publication of the journal was discontinued with Vol. 30 No. 4 issue, all rights of intellectual ownership, including but not limited to the title Iran Nameh, copyright, and logo, are reserved and remain to the Foundation.
The journal was originally launched to help keep Iran’s cultural traditions alive. From 1988 on, it predominantly featured articles on contemporary Iranian issues in special issues edited by guest scholars while also providing a forum for original research on Iran’s history as well as literary and artistic heritage.
The Foundation for Iranian Studies (FIS) was one of the earliest—if not the first—manifestations of the response of Iranians in diaspora to sustain and promote the rich Iranian cultural heritage and the Persian literary tradition after the 1979 Iranian revolution. The foundation’s flagship publication, Iran Nameh, started in the fall of 1982 under the editorship of Professor Jalal Matini, who deserves high praise and gratitude for keeping the journal above the many partisan divisions in the Iranian community in diaspora. The first 26 issues of the journal, through volume VII, Number 2, prepared by him as editor and Professor Heshmat Moayyad as book review editor, focused mainly on history and culture, especially of the pre-Islamic era, to which a host of luminaries, including Ehsan Yarshater, Mohammad Jafar Mahjoub, Jalal Khaleqi Motlaq, and Zabihollah Safa, among others, contributed regularly.
The next editor-in-chief, Dariush Shayegan, a renowned philosopher who managed the journal’s volumes VII (1989) number 2 to volume XI (1993), brought with him a team of scholars and experts of the next generation, including Dariush Ashouri as executive editor, and Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak as book review editor. During Shayegan’s editorship the foundation was laid for a much greater emphasis on in-depth studies of social, political and economic issues Iranians faced after the end of the devastating Iran-Iraq war and the ways and means of addressing and resolving them. Accordingly, Iran Nameh underwent a corresponding structural and policy change in 1992 and 1993.
The editorial board of the journal was restructured to include a managing editor (Dr. Hormoz Hekmat), a permanent editor (Shahrokh Meskoob), and guest editors who were invited for each volume according to the subjects chosen for the special issues. In the 1990s and 2000s, both special and mixed issues were focused primarily on themes of special import in contemporary Iranian society—modernization, constitutional questions, civil society, economy, politics, religion, foreign policy, oil, cinema, women, and literary criticism, among others. The journal’s success in these years was owed to the contributions of the writers, guest editors, Hormoz Hekmat’s meticulous editing and command of Persian language, and the guiding attention of Shahrokh Meskoob, who for almost sixteen years, until his passing in 2005, was in many ways the soul of the journal.
Beginning with the year 2011 and volume XXVI, Iran Nameh was placed in FIS-Canada, under the editorship of Professor Mohamad Tavakoli Targhi of the University of Toronto where it was published till Winter of 2016, volume XXX, number 4. All volumes, including all specil issues, may be read gratis on the Iran Nameh site.
Throughout its publication Iran Nameh remained one of the most respected and acknowledged publications of its kind both inside and outside of Iran. For most of its publication it had a circulation of 1000, over half of which were through subscriptions by both individuals and institutions in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Russia, CIS, East Asia, South Asia, Australia, North Africa and Iran. The journal was also available at various bookstores around the world. In Iran, a complete set of its back issues was placed with a local publisher in Tehran and has been printed and distributed.