BACKGROUND Reduced level of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) is shown to be in association with the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), metabolic syndrome, and chronic renal disease. Lack of a national representative research for assessing the level of HDL-C among Iranian adults, which is essential for health policy makers, was the motivation for this study. METHODS HDL-C level...

one of the bases for the development of an iranian theory of international relations is the intellectual and practical traditions found in the course of iran’s history. the ways in which iranians have perceived and understood world politics, however, have not been monolithic and have changed in the course of time due to particular historical circumstances inside iran as well as at the regional ...

In many instances, both voters and politicians are imperfectly informed about which policies are optimal. We analyze politicians’ policy choice in such situations. A distinctive element of our analysis is that we investigate how the strategic sophistication of voters’ beliefs about politicians’ behavior affects policy choice. This provides a novel approach in political economy that leads to a n...

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Abstract Since the 1979 revolution, Iranian Jews have faced two powerful and inherently contradictory calls to compromise their voice identity. From one side, Israel has consistently held opinion that as an at-risk community they should be evacuated resettled. On other, Iran's revolutionary regime made “Islamic” a centerpiece of identity, placing Jewish identity directly at odds with what it me...

almost a century and a half ago, the name or concept of archeology was not commonly known in iran. as a branch of human sciences, archeology emerged in iran as a consequence of the political-economic influence of the west, and reached its present condition after many vicissitudes; presently, therefore, archeology has penetrated into diverse levels of the iranian society. this, however, is a ver...