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The Memory Destruction and Reconstruction Games within the Scope of Persianization Politics in Iran

By: Artum Dinç  
Open Access
|Aug 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 43 - 74
Published on: Aug 4, 2025
Published by: Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
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