Sources & References

Leading Iranian encyclopedia institution: the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (and English "Islamica"), Encyclopedia of Iran, folklore and Greater Tehran encyclopedias.

Scholarly body responsible for compiling the Great Islamic Encyclopedia.

Under the Institute for Humanities; compiles and translates comprehensive Persian encyclopedias (world literature, medicine, mathematics, physics…).

Scientific policy body guarding Persian; compiling the Encyclopedia of Persian Language & Literature.

Published in Persian, Arabic and English ("Islamica"); 24+ Persian volumes.

Founded 1983; 17+ large volumes.

Specialist encyclopedia; 14+ volumes.

Selected translated/authored articles emphasizing Iranian culture; 11 parts.

Major general Persian encyclopedia in 3 volumes.

Planned 30 volumes (CGIE); 4 published.

Folklore/ethnography of Iran; since 2008.

Detailed encyclopedia of Tehran (Shemiran, city, Ray).

A CGIE project.

English-language scholarly encyclopedia of Iranian civilization, founded by Ehsan Yarshater; freely available.

Official producer of national statistics; runs the national statistical system (INSS).

Parliamentary records and verbatim proceedings of the National and Islamic consultative assemblies.

Custodian of the written national heritage; the "National Memory" portal lists books, serials, documents and manuscripts.

Independent body providing expert studies and specialist reports to parliament.

Derives and drafts legislation consistent with sharia; developing the "Qanun-yar" system.

~4.5M document pages (SAVAK, police, revolutionary-court records); 1200+ books.

Unique Qajar/Pahlavi-era documents.

10M+ historical pages (esp. Safavid); ~4M scanned.

Diplomatic records from the Qajar era onward.

Documents of the Cultural Heritage Organization and provincial branches.

500k+ Qajar-era documents — the largest for that period.

Documents and research on the Iran–Iraq war; services to researchers.

Research and training in the energy sector.

Specialist water-sector research.

Key humanities research institute.

Official national laws and regulations.

Government laws/regulations database.

Official gazette publishing enacted laws.

Laws portal.

Iran is a founding member.

Secretariat in Tehran.

Iran became a full member in 2023.

Iran is a founding member.

UN specialized agency (education, science, culture).

UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

UN World Health Organization.