Contents

· Editorial Note

· Articles

A Review of Freemasonry Role in the Iranian Contemporary History/ Moussa Faghih Haghghani

The Role of Foreign Investment in Iranian Industrial Development/ Dr. Fereydoun Barkeshly

The Strategy of Burned Lands: Seistan and the Early Predominance of Imperialism / Dr. Reza Re'iss Toussi

Unveiling, Kashf i Hijab , Process and the Reaction of Rowhoniat / Hamid Bassirat Manesh

The Conversions of Theory and History: Theorists and Historians/ Peter Burke trans. by Hosseinali Nowzari

· Documents

The Daily Reports of Hossein Ala to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi: In the Ministry of Court 1951-1955 and 1957-1961/ Farhad Rostam

· Interviews

A Review of the Memoir of Amir Teimur Kalali: Five Critical Months from June 5th up to November 7th 1950/ Morteza Rassouli Poor

An Interview with Charles Essawi/ Nancy E. Gallagher, trans. by Mehrnoush Mir Ehsan

· Reviews

Bibliography is not the Simple Transition of Card Catalogs/ Zahra Mirzakhani

Hashemi and The Revolution / Reza Mass'oodi

Taghizadeh and London Letters/ M. J. G. Kashi

Les Allemands en Perse Pendant La Première Guerre Mondiale/ Mohammad Awadzadeh

Shia Ulama's Role against Imperialism / S. Tabarra'ian

Arab Nationalism: A Critical Enquiry/ Mohammad Taghi Horufchin

The Rise and Fall of the Grand Alliance 1941-45/ Shahrzad Faghihi 

Iraq: From Sumer to Saddam/ Massoumeh Jamshidi

The Persian Gulf Arabs' State in 18th & 19th Century/ Safa'adin Tabarra'ian

New Books

Bibliogrophy of Iranian Contemporary History: Winter 1977/ Zahra Mirzakhani

· Reports

Destruction of Documents of 1953 Coup in CIA Archieve/ M. F. Haghghani

Visual Documents Section of the Institute

· News