Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran (65 page)

Qavam, Ahmad

Qazvin

Qods

Qom

Khomeini’s house in

layout of

location of

Montazeri’s house attacked in

Montazeri under house arrest in

number of clerics in

as private place

roles of

seminaries of

women in

Rabbani, Burhanuddin

Rabbani, Hamideh

Rabii, Amir-Hosein

radio

Radio France

Radio Free Europe

Radio Payam

Radnia, Malous

Rafiqdoust, Mohsen

Rafsanjani, Ali-Akbar Hashemi-

author interview with

background of

clerical rank of

Conoco oil deal and

Persepolis rehabilitated under

pragmatic political style of

in 2000 election

Rafsanjan Pistachio Producers’ Cooperative

Rahimian, Hamid

rajol

Ramadan

Randal, Jonathan

Rand Corporation

rape

Rasouli (waiter)

Rayyes, Riad Najib

Razini, Ali

Reagan administration, arms-for-hostages deal and

religious minorities

see also
Bahais; Christians in Iran; Jews in Iran; Zoroastrians

Resalat

revolution, Iranian

abolition of censorship as aim of

events of

and Khomeini’s return from exile

ongoing nature of

younger generation’s relationship to

Revolutionary Council

Revolutionary Guards

Reza, Imam

Rezai, Ahmad

Rezai, Ali

Rezai, Mohsen

rial

Rockefeller, Nelson

Roosevelt, Kermit

Rosenthal, Andrew

roupoush

rowzeh khan

Roy, Olivier

Royal Dutch/Shell

Rubáiyát
(Khayyam)

rule of law

Rumi

Rushdie, Salman

Russia

see also
Soviet Union

Saadi

Sabbath

Sabet, Hosein

Sabet Organization

Sackville-West, Vita

Saddam Hussein

Sadeghi, Zohreh

Safavi, Rahim

Saidi, Meysam

Saint Sarkis Church

Salaam

Salimi, Hadi

Salimi, Mohammad

Sanandaj

Saneii, Ayatollah Hassan

Saqafi, Khadija

Sarkouhi, Faraj

Satanic Verses, The
(Rushdie)

satellite dishes

Saudi Arabia

SAVAK

sayyid

Second of Khordad Front

secret police

of Shah

see also
Intelligence Ministry

Security Council

Select Council of Sit-In Students

Servants of Construction

Seyed Hosseini, Reza

Shaat al-Arab waterway

shahbanu

Shahed (Witness) shop

Shahnameh
(
Book of Kings
) (Ferdowsi)

Shah of Iran, historical titles of

Shamsolvaezin, Mashallah

Shaqaqi, Fathi

sharia,
see
Islamic law

Shariat-Madari, Ayatollah Kazem

Sharif, Majid

Shayan Hotel

Sheil, Lady and Sir Justin

Sherkat, Shahla

Shiite Center

Shiite Muslims

argument as tradition of

and cult of martyrdom

in Iraq

percentage of

schism between Sunnis and

terrorism of

twelve historic Imams of

Shiravi, Ali-Reza

Shiravi, Massoumeh

Shiraz

Shirley, Edward

shoes, individual identity and

Shuster, Morgan

siah mashgh

Siavash

sigheh

Simpson, O.J.

Sinaee, Khosrow

Sirvan

Sobh

Sobh-e Emrouz

Sobh va Zendagi

soccer

World Cup, Iran’s victory over U.S. in

sohan

Solidarity movement

Soroush, Abdol-Karim

Soviet Union

see also
Russia

Special Clerical Court

splendide mendax

sports, women in

sports clubs

Stalin, Joseph

Starbucks

State Department, U.S.

Stevens, Sir Roger

stoning

student demonstrations of 1999

suicide

in war

Sunni Muslims

Supreme Defense Council

Supreme Leader

power of

Sweden

swimming pools

synagogues

Syria

taarof

Tabesh, Ali-Reza

Tabriz

Taheri, Jalaleddin

talabeh

Taleghani, Ayatollah Mahmoud

Taleghani, Azam

Taliban

Tamburlaine
(Marlowe)

taqiyah

Taste of Cherry

tavahom-e tote-eh

tea, Iranian style of

Tefileen, Hamid

Tehran

bazaar of

description of

flying to

hotels of

in Iranian revolution

Jewish community of

Justice Department of

Khomeini’s return from exile to

number of newspapers in

population of

student demonstrations of 1999 in

in 2000 election

Tehran, University of

Tehran Journal

Tehran Radio

Tehran Times

telecommunications technology

television

confessions broadcast on

conservative control of

improvement of

Karbaschi’s trial broadcast on

propaganda broadcast on

U.S.

see also
satellite dishes

terrorism

Thaddeus, Saint

Thailand

Tiananmen Square

Timche Hajebol-doleh

Time

Tocqueville, Alexis de

Tom and Jerry

Torah

torture

after 1979 revolution

under Shah

Total

tourism

Tourism Organization

Tous

Tribute to the Faithful, 1978–1992, A

Truman, Harry

turbans

Turkey

Turkish language

Turkmenistan

Turkmens

Turks in Iran

Two Women

undocumented workers

unemployment

United Nations

United States:

Bahais and

Iranians living in

Iranian views on

Iran-Iraq war and

see also
Iran-U.S. relations

United States embassy, in Tehran

seizure of