Reading:

FAWCETT, Louise L'Estrange, ed. International relations of the Middle East. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-926963-7. – available online as E-loan p. 263-280 

AXWORTHY, Michael, 2010. A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind. 2. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-00888-9. p.11-13, chapter 9 p. 283 -301

Recommended:

MARSHALL, Tim, 2021. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World. Simon & Schuster UK. ISBN 978-1783965373. Chapter 2 Iran 

MARSHALL, Tim. Prisoners of geography: ten maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics. Revised and updated edition. London: Elliott and Thompson, 2016. ISBN 978-1-78396-243-3. Chapter 6 p. 148 - 188 

Additional recommended sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_gA0yxKPKI&ab_channel=TheUnveiled

https://www.oneworldonline.cz/movies/be-my-voice_78812

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/iran-has-declared-a-two-day-holiday-for-this-unprecedented-reason/qniqca7ub

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/17/middleeast/iran-protests-mahsa-amini-anniversary-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bveERt1twQ0&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Tz4ZiC8ho&ab_channel=WashingtonPostLive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQBy5j35Ovo&ab_channel=DemocracyNow%21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNiVXJ9U8VE&ab_channel=ABCNews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_gA0yxKPKI&ab_channel=TheUnveiled

https://www.oneworldonline.cz/movies/be-my-voice_78812