Books

Milani, Abbas, and Mahasti Afshar. Simorgh: Portraits on My Mind . Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 2025. https://mage.com/simorgh-portraits-on-my-mind/.

Milani, Abbas, and Kioumars Ghereghlou. Shadman’s Diaries: In Pursuit of Western Civilization, 1933-1943 (Volume 2). Mage Publishers, 2025. https://mage.com/shadman-diaries-in-pursuit-of-western-civilization-1933-1943-volume-2-diaries-in-persian/.

Milani, Abbas, and Kioumars Ghereghlou. Shadman’s Diaries: The Odyssey of a Young Cleric, 1926-1928. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 2023.

Milani, Abbas. Thirty Portraits Volume 2 (in Persian). Toronto, Canada: Persian Circle, 2023.

Milani, Abbas, and C. Perkins. A Scholar for Our Times: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Shahrokh Meskoob. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 2022.

Golestan, Ebrahim, and Abbas Milani. An Encounter With Dylan Thomas. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 2022.

Milani, Abbas. Thirty Portraits (in Persian). Toronto, Canada: Persian Circle, 2022.

Milani, Abbas, and Maryam Mirzadeh. Saadi and Humanism (in Persian). Tehran: Zemestan, 2020.

Milani, Abbas. A Window into Modern Iran, The Ardeshir Zahedi Papers at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2019.

Milani, Abbas, and Larry Diamond. Politics & Culture in Contemporary Iran: Challenging the Status Quo. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2015.

Milani, Abbas. Negahi Be Shah. A Political Biography of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. Toronto, Canada: Persian Circle, 2013.

Milani, Abbas. The Shah. A Political Biography of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Milani, Abbas. The Myth of the Great Satan. A New Look at America’s Relations With Iran. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 2010.

Milani, Abbas. Eminent Persians: Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979. 2 Volumes. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2008. https://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/881/eminent-persians/.

King of Shadows: Essays on Iran’s Encounter With Modernity. Los Angeles, CA: Ketab Corp, 2005.

Milani, Abbas. Lost Wisdom: Rethinking Persian Modernity. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 2004.

Milani, Abbas. The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 2000.

Milani, Abbas. Tales of Two Cities: A Persian Memoir. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 1996.