including new batches released by Wikileaks in 2017. Brookings Institution described the book. "A very worthy addition to an already copious literature on Iran". Similarly, the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) praised it as, "An important and honest appraisal that adds to our understanding of how a formidable monarchy came crumbling down in 1979". 1999 - Look Away From Kosovo to See the Crisis in Central Africa, International Herald Tribune Personal life Bayandor was born in Iran to Gholamali Bayandor, the head of the Imperial Iranian Navy under Reza Shah. Bayandor has analyzed and adapted Iranian poetry into French and English. In 2006, for the Journal of Middle Eastern and African Intellectual and Cultural Studies, he wrote "Hafez: A Face-Off With Virtue" about the 14th century Iranian lyric poet, Hafez. References External links Darioush Bayandor's books on Amazon Books by Darioush Bayandor Articles by Darioush Bayandor Living people Iranian diplomats Iranian writers Year of birth missing (living people) Iranian officials of the United Nations