TY - BOOK AU - Parker,John W. TI - Persian dreams: Moscow and Tehran since the fall of the Shah SN - 9781597972369 U1 - 327.47055 21E PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Potomac Books KW - Soviet Union KW - Foreign relations KW - Iran KW - Russia (Federation) N1 - Index; Bibliogr. p. 393-404; From the shahs to the Ayatollah -- Gorbachev and Khomeini : Perestroika pen pals -- Soviet collapse : revanche or accommodation? -- Tajikistan : "greater Iran" or "near abroad"? -- The bait of "strategic partnership" -- Kilo subs, Bushehr, and Shahab -- The Putin factor -- Caspian tempests -- Taliban threats, Tajik accords, and U.S.-Iran talks -- 9/11 and Afghanistan -- No "strategic partnership" -- Operation Iraqi freedom -- The Ahmadinejad shock wave -- Beyond Turkmanchai? -- Postscript : the road to Tehran ER -