Iran’s June 2009 elections set into motion four processes that are central to the operations of the Islamic Republic regime. They include: the growing gap between large sections of Iranian society from the Islamic Republican state; the steady militarization of the political system; the unprecedented degree to which the Supreme Leader has become an active partisan in the increasingly bitter poli...

In order to survey the evolutionary history and impact of historical events on the genetic structure of Iranian people, the HV2 region of 141 mtDNA sequences related to six Iranian populations were analyzed. Slight and non-significant FST distances among the Central-western Persian speaking populations of Iran testify to the common origin of these populations from one proto-population. Mismatch...

The osmosis between Iranian exile, Oriental repertoires, and the commodification of nostalgia in film contemporary1 culture alludes to Disney reproduction East that is capitalized by Hollywood’s invisible hand. Orientalist logic via old civilization Achaemenid grandeur conveyed Hamid Naficy’s (1991) reference Edward Said’s (1978) ‘imaginary2 geography’—the inventive tool narration augments tale...

OBJECTIVE Experiencing ‎pleasant events during daily life ‎has a significant positive role in ‎the personal mental health and ‎acts as a keystone for "behavioral ‎activation" (BA) interventions. ‎There are serious differences in ‎the pleasant event schedules in ‎different cultures and countries. ‎We aimed to develop a Persian ‎checklist of pleasant events ‎‎(PCPE) to provide and validate a ‎cul...

BACKGROUND Neonate with abnormal weight is at risk of increased mortality and morbidity. Many factors affect pregnancy outcome. Because of the importance and vital role in birth weight, in this study, some of the factors associated with birth weight in a sample of Iranians neonates were investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 245 newborns in a sample of Iranians neo...