פרסומים
- The May 1945 strike at the British oil installations in Kermanshah: The first step in Soviet post-WWII anti-British policy in Iran through the Tudeh, Shahvar, S., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Iran.
- “Stalin’s final hope to secure a Soviet foothold in Iran’s government and oil industry, 1943–1953”, Shahvar, S. & Mishaev, A., 2026, In: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 53, 2, p. 446-460 15 p.
- Secular nationalism vs. religious Pan-Islamism: the positions of the state and ulema in Iran on the Question of Palestine, 1947-1979, Shahvar, S., 2025, In: Israel Affairs. 31, 1, p. 46-64 19 p.
- The Russo-Ottoman struggle over the support of the Muslims of Southern Caucasus in the 1890s, Shahvar, S., 2025, In: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 52, 1, p. 1-19 19 p.
- Muslim-Baha’i Relations in the Southern Caucasus at the End of the 19th and Beginning of the 20th Centuries, Shahvar, S., 2025, In: Iran and the Caucasus. 29, 3, p. 312-326 15 p.
- Correction to: In search of traces of the mandrake myth: the historical, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names (Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, (2021), 17, 1, (68), 10.1186/s13002-021-00494-5), Dafni, A., Blanché, C., Khatib, S. A., Petanidou, T., Aytaç, B., Pacini, E., Kozuharova, E., Geva-Kleinberger, A., Shahvar, S., Dajic, Z., Klug, H. W. & Benítez, G., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 20, 1, 49.
- The propaganda war in Iran among the former allies, 1945–1949: The Soviet perspective as seen through Soviet documents, Shahvar, S., 1 May 2024, In: Domes : Digest of Middle East Studies. 33, 2, p. 184-203 20 p.
- The Establishment and Dissolution of the Subbotnik Communities of Petrovka as a Case Study Reflecting Shifts in Russian Geopolitical Interests toward Raskol’nik Religious Settlements in Southern Caucasus, 1909–1915, Shahvar, S., Feb 2024, In: Religions. 15, 2, 236.
- Allied rivalry over oil concession during World War II occupation of Iran: the Soviet perspective based on Soviet documents, Shahvar, S., 2024, In: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 51, 3, p. 522-537 16 p.
- Hezb-e Tudeh-ye Iran and Its Struggle Against the Challenges Posed Against It by the British, 1942-1946: An Analysis Based on Soviet Documents, Shahvar, S., 1 Jan 2024, In: Iranian Studies. 57, 1, p. 165-179 15 p.
- Heightened Smuggling of Weapons and Ammunition from Southern Caucasus to Northwestern Iran on the Eve of World War I, Shahvar, S., 2024, In: Iran and the Caucasus. 28, 1, p. 90-100 11 p.
- Agha Musa Naghiev Karbala’i—The Man and His Multiple Identities: Between National-Azerbaijani, Shi‘i Muslim, and Bahá’í Religious Identities, Shahvar, S., Jul 2023, In: Religions. 14, 7, 896.
- A Soviet View on the Assassination of the Iranian Prime Minister, Haj Ali Razmara, in the Context of the Early Years of the Cold War, Shahvar, S., 1 Apr 2023, In: Iranian Studies. 56, 2, p. 309-320 12 p.
- The Re-Radicalization of Baku Provincial Workers in 1916, Shahvar, S. & Mishaev, A., 2023, In: Revolutionary Russia. 36, 1, p. 56-75 20 p.
- מגלת הבולבול ומגלת האצילה,
Translated title of the contribution :Bulbul-Nameh & Fotowat-Nameh - סובוטניקים קראים ותלמודיים בנפת לנקוראן בדרום הקווקז בעידן חופש דת ומצפון, 1906-1914,
Translated title of the contribution :The Subotniks of Lankoran in the Period of Freedom of Religion and Consicience. 1906-1914 - Illegal Trafficking of Ammunition Along the Iran-Caucasian Border in the Early 20th Century, Shahvar, S. & Mishaev, A., 2022, In: Iran and the Caucasus. 26, 3, p. 289-303 15 p.
- The Palestinian Question in IRI's Foreign and anti-Israel Policy, Shahvar, S., 2021, Developments in the Middle East: Proceedings of Colloquium 14/10/2020. Segell, G. (ed.). Haifa: University of Haifa (Israel), p. 29-35 7 p.
- ככר החרות עקבה מדם: שירים נבחרים,
Translated title of the contribution :Blood-soaked liberty square - בין איראן לציון: יהודי איראן במאה העשרים,
Translated title of the contribution :Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran - דיואן העז'לים / האפז,
Translated title of the contribution :Hafez – Complete Book of Poems - Democracy and the Nature of American Influence in Iran, 1941–1979 by David R. Collier (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2017), 417 pages, Shahvar, S., 2019, In: Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 13, 1, p. 133-135 3 p.
- Squandered Opportunity: Neoclassical Realism and Iranian Foreign Policy, Shahvar, S., 2017, In: Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 11, 1, p. 123-126 4 p.
- THE KHAN, THE SHAH AND THE TSAR: THE KHANATE OF TALESH BETWEEN IRAN AND RUSSIA, Shahvar, S. & Abramoff, E., 1 Jan 2017, Russians in Iran Diplomacy and Power in the Qajar Era and Beyond. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 24-48 25 p.
- Iranian dar Esra'il: Az Mohajerat ta Eddegham,
Translated title of the contribution :Iranians in Israel: From Immigration to Absorption - פנינים מהשירה הפרסית: ספר שלישי,
Translated title of the contribution :Pearls from Persian Poetry - Sim-i Nifaq: Engelis, Khatt-i Telgraf-i Hind va Urupa va Munaqishih-yi Marzi-yi ‘Usmani va Iran dar Nimeh-yi Qarn-i Nuzdahom,
Translated title of the contribution :Line of Dissention: Britain, the Indo-European Telegraph Line and the mid-19th Century Border Dispute between Iran and the Ottoman Empire - הוסיין הכורדי משבסתר: (אגדה עממית אירנית),
Translated title of the contribution :Hossein the Kurd from Shabesta - MOḤAMMAD-TAQI WAKIL-AL-DAWLA ŠIRĀZI, Shahvar, S., 2016, Encyclopaedia Iranica. Yarshater, E. (ed.). Costa Mesa, Ca: Mazda Publishers
- Making History in Iran: Education, Nationalism, and Print Culture, by Farzin Vejdani. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2015, Shahvar, S., 2016, In: Canadian Journal of History. 51, 2, p. 411-412 2 p.
- Tajaddud, Baha̕ iyyat va Mas’alih-yi Amuzish va Parvarish-i Nuvin dar Iran-i Avakhir-i ‘Ahd-i Qajar va Avayel-i Pahlavi,
Translated title of the contribution :Modernity, Baha'ism and the Question of Modern Education in Iran in Late Qajar and Early Pahlavi Periods - Germany and Iran: From the Aryan Axis to the Nuclear Threshold, Shahvar, S., 2015, In: Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 9, 2, p. 325-328 4 p.
- פנינים מהשירה הפרסית: ספר שני,
Translated title of the contribution :Pearls from Persian Poetry - פנינים מהשירה הפרסית: ספר ראשון,
Translated title of the contribution :Pearls from Persian Poetry - Pishgoftar,
Translated title of the contribution :Foreword - Mehrdad Amanat, Jewish Identities in Iran: Resistance and Conversion to Islam and the Bahaʾi Faith, Library of Modern Religions 9 (London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2011), Shahvar, S., 2013, In: International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies . 45, 3, p. 623-624 2 p.
- Bayn-i Tamjid va Nifrat: Madaris-i Baha'i dar Iran,
Translated title of the contribution :Between Praise and Hatred: : Baha'i Schools in Iran - Reviewed Work: The Bahaʿis of Iran: Socio-Historical Studies by Dominic P. Brookshaw and Seena Fazel: Routeledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies, Shahvar, S., 2012, In: Bustan: The Middle East Book Review. 3, 1, p. 87-90 4 p.
- The Baha'is of Iran, Transcaspia and the Caucasus: Reports and Correspondence of Russian Officials, Shahvar, S. (Editor), Morozov, B. (Editor) & Gilber, G. (Editor), 2011, London: I.B. Tauris. 234 p. (International library of Iranian studies ; vol. 27)
- The Baha’is of Iran: Socio-Historical Studies. Edited by Dominic P. Brook - shaw and Seena Fazel. London: Routledge, Shahvar, S., 2011, In: Journal of Baha'i Studies . 21, 1, p. 99-103 5 p.
- Iranophobia: The Logic of an Israeli Obsessionby Haggai Ram (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2009), Shahvar, S., 2010, In: Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 4, 3, p. 171-173 3 p.
- TELEGRAPH i. FIRST TELEGRAPH LINES IN PERSIA, Shahvar, S., 2009, Encyclopaedia Iranica. Yarshater, E. (ed.). Costa Mesa, Ca: Mazda Publishers
- THE FORGOTTEN SCHOOLS: The Baha’is and Modern Education in Iran, 1899–1934, Shahvar, S., 1 Jan 2009, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 272 p.
- Railroads i. The First Railroad Built and Operated in Persia, Shahvar, S., 2008, Encyclopaedia Iranica. Yarshater, E. (ed.). Costa Mesa, Ca.: Mazda Publishers
- Iran, Il Giorno Dopo: La Guerra che non Conviene, Shahvar, S., 2008, In: Limes – Rivisita Italiana di Geopolitica, Quaderno Speciale. 1, p. 1-14 15 p.
- טכנולוגיה, דיפלומטיה ויזמות כלכלית אירופית במזרח התיכון העות'מאני במחצית המאה התשע-עשרה: קו הטלגרף ההודי-אירופי וניגודי האינטרסים האנגלו-עות'מאניים,
Translated title of the contribution :Technology, Diplomacy and European Economic Enterprise in mid Nineteenth Century Ottoman Middle East: The Indo-European Telegraph Line and the Clash of the Anglo-Ottoman Interests - Why Israel Should Talk with Tehran (while Arming its Missiles), Shahvar, S., 2006, In: Heartland – EurAsian Review of Geopolitics . 2, p. 27-35 9 p.
- Lo Scontro con l’Iran Ora è Piu Probabile, Shahvar, S., 2006, In: Limes – Rivisita Italiana di Geopolitica, Quaderno Speciale. 2, p. 105-114 10 p.
- איראן, 1946-1925,
Translated title of the contribution :Iran, 1925-1946 - David Menashri, Revolution at a Crossroads: Iran's Domestic Politics and Regional Ambitions, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 1997, Shahvar, S., 2001, In: המזרח החדש. 42, p. 284-287 4 p.
תחומי מחקר
Modern Iran (from late 18th century to present) in the domestic (Qajar, Pahlavi and Islamic Republic periods), regional (Middle East, Persian Gulf, Southern Caucasus, Central Asia) and international contexts; religious minorities (Bahais; Jews); advent of modern technologies in the Middle East (electric telegraph); Iran-Israel relations; track two and track three dialogues and activities