רשימת קיצורים:

סאראכ - סאזמאנ י אמניאת ואטלאעאת י כשוור - המוסד הממלכתי לביטחון ולמודיעין תל"ג תוצר לאומי גולמי AFD - Agence France-Press ANU - Australian National University CENTO - Central Treaty Organization DR - Daily Report ( Middle East ) , Foreign Broadcast Information Service ( FBIS ) El - Encyclopaedia Iranica IJMES - International of Middle Eastern Studies IPS - Inter Press Service MERIP - Middle East Reasearch and Information Project MES - Middle Eastern Studies MECS - Middle East Contemporary Survey PA A - The Population Association of America FE / RL - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty THS-BBC - Tehran Home Service , British Broadcasting Corporation UCLA - University of California , Los Angeles UNFPA - The United Nations Population Fund UPI - United Press International WOCMES - World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies  To the book