Bridges: Web Resources

Web Resources

This page contains links to other sources of infomration on Iran on the internet. Use this index to jump to the areas that interest you. The subsequent links will open new windows in your browser. Closing them when you finish viewing them will reveal this page again.

General Middle East Resources
	Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Middle East Program offers meetings, conferences and papers, with particular attention to the role of women, youth, civil society, Islam, and democracy.
	Search for Common Ground, Partners in Humanity News Service delivers e-mail articles promoting understanding and constructive discussion between the Muslim world and the West.
	Youth Exchange and Study Program established by the US Department of State's Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs, it offers scholarships to bring high school students from countries with significant Moslem populations to the US for one year of study.

Jordan Information
	Jordan Tourism Board a site with history, culture, and travel information.
	Jordanian Embassy
	Jordan Times
	CIA - World Factbook - Jordan
	The Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD)

Iran Information
	History, Culture, Economy, Government
	Sites with Comprehensive Information
	Art, Food, Music
	Travel to Iran
	Political Groups
	American Groups

History, Culture, Economy, Government

CIA Factbook on Iran	Bare-bones facts, but a useful start.
Library of Congress profile of Iran	The State Department maintains "Country Study" papers, which profile their subjects from historical, cultural, political, economic, and national security points of view. Iran's is well developed, with quite detailed information about the country.
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Sites with Comprehensive Information

Payvand Directory	News, directories, cultural information, and calendars.
Payvand	Good current news and opinion of Iran, in English.
News clips	Direct news clips from official Iranian news agencies
News and Links from Iran	Good comprehensive listings.
IranVirtual Library	More politically motivated, this site is disorganized and many of the links either don't work or lead to advertising. Still, some material that is not available widely.
Media links	A short listing of politically-oriented media links for Iran.
Iran Daily	Moderate, English-language newspaper
Tehran Times	More conservative newspaper in English
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Art, Food, Music

Persian Calendar Program	Translate Persian dates to Gregorian and vice versa. The Persian calendar spans across a cycle of four full seasons starting with the first day of spring. The first six months all have 31 days and the second six 30, with the last having 29 days in non-leap years.
KRSI Live Webcast	Radio Sedaye Iran (KRSI) broadcasts from Beverly Hills. Supports the Pahlavi dynasty in exile.
Foreign Languages for Travelers	This is a commercial language site teaching Farsi mostly by CDROMs.
THE IRANIAN Today	This is a cultural site with current material from writers and other artists along with rants. It has a Who's Who listing that covers writers, artists and personalities featured at the website.
Iranian-Persian Recipes	This is a wonderful website full of delicious recipes from London.
Learn Farsi
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Travel to Iran

Tehran photographs	An interesting photography based site which shows both the scenic and the common, such as how people are dressing on the streets.
Currency Converter
Travel Resources	A good comprehensive site on travel to Iran, hosted by Payvand.
Recent news on travel in Iran	From the "Thorn Tree", which is part of Lonely Planet.
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Political Groups

Political parties and information	This is a set of links to resources for learning about the politics of Iran.
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American Groups

Conflict Resolution Iran	This organization is called "Search for Common Ground" and it began in 1982. With a staff of about 370 people, they have decentralized programs in different countries to support cooperation and resolve conflict. This page describes their programs in Iran.
American Iranian Council	Princeton, NJ, based group supporting dialogue with Iran. Lots of corporate support with a board of directors that reads like an American corporation. Organization seems short on programs and that its main emphasis is networking specific interest groups currently excluded from power in Iran.
National Iranian American Council	A higher-standard interest group lobbying effort.
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