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This is the first book on Iran to combine travelogue with in-depth historical reflection/getting to the heart of the Iranian Islamic mind. This is a reflective look at the cultural heritage and present nuclear crisis in Iran. Iran's cultural and spiritual heritage is now threatened by policies that may trigger international intervention. A source of Western civilization, it may be destroyed by its main beneficiary, Western civilization.This travelogue is a tour of Iran and explores the rich history of this pivotal country: the Achaemenians (Cyrus/Darius/Xerxes), the Sasanians, the Zoroastrian religion of 2,500 years ago; the Islamic period, the Safavids, and the Revolution which dethroned the Shah and made Iran an Islamic Republic. The Islamic idea is caught by observations of the well of the Hidden Imam and of its expression through the architecture, tiles and calligraphy of historical mosques. The Revolution is brought to life by visits to Ayatollah Khomeini's living rooms in Qom and Tehran, and to the Shah's White Palace. And the confrontational policy of contemporary Iran that threatens to engulf Iran's cultural heritage in the same way that Saddam's policy wreaked havoc on Iraq's cultural legacy is caught in a drive past the nuclear site at Natanz, which has many anti-aircraft guns round it.

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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Travel & holiday Places & peoples: general & pictorial works

• Full title: Last Tourist in Iran
• Subtitle: From Persepolis to Nuclear Natanz
• Author: Nicholas Hagger
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196
• EAN: 9781846940767
• ISBN: 1846940761
• ID: 05100625
• Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
• Weight: 316 g
• Dimensions: 140 × 215 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. February 2008

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