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Research on Iranians abroad: papers and sources. 80 open research records from approved scholarly feeds, a reference list and the official statistics and archives of each country, with sources.

What the evidence says about Iranians abroad. The observatory, its methods and the official statistics and archives of each country.

Scholarly feeds

• OpenAlex works API CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)
• Crossref REST API Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown
• OpenAIRE Graph API CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)
• Europe PMC REST API Metadata reusable; full text under each article's licence
• DataCite REST API CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)
• Zenodo records API Metadata CC0 1.0; each record under its own licence
• DOAJ API (Directory of Open Access Journals) Metadata CC0 1.0 (DOAJ); articles under their own open licences
• arXiv API Metadata CC0 1.0; papers under their own licences

Latest open research

• Preserving heritage: How diaspora children engage with a Persian language learning app Shafagh Hadinezhad, Sourabh Garg, Sepideh Shahi; 2026; Proceedings.
• Fractured allegiances: teacher identity, curriculum policy, and ideological negotiation in Iranian English language education Mohammad Hossein Keshmirshekan; 2026; Journal of Curriculum Studies
• Emotion, curriculum, and affective learning potential: An AI-based analysis of Iranian elementary social studies textbooks Esmaeil Jafari, Mojtaba VahidiAsl, Hojjat Masjedjamei; 2026; Social Sciences & Humanities Open
• Translanguaging pedagogy and learner agency in monolingual Iranian EFL classrooms: An experimental study. Mellati M, Nademi S; 2026; PLoS One
• Relative clause attachment in Persian and English: Evidence from Persian monolingual and Persian–English bilingual speakers Hassan Banaruee, Omid Khatin-Zadeh; 2026; Elsevier BV
• Utilizing Online Fan Practices to Enhance Langua-Technocultural Competence Among Persian Language Learners: A Qualitative Exploration of Teachers’ Perceptions Musa Nushi, Padina Sadeghi; 2026; Iranian and Persian Studies
• Investigating and Explaining the Relationship between Virtual Reality and Increasing Students' Motivation to Learn Persian Language and Literature from the Perspective of Teachers of Shahr Quds schools mohammad reza hesaraki, tahereh hasoomi; 2026; Information and Communication Technology in Educational Sciences
• Determinants and policy approaches to healthcare professional retention in Iran: A mix of scoping review and qualitative evidence. Keyvani H, Majdzadeh R, Hanaee J; 2026; PLoS One
• THE ROLE OF SHOISLOM SHOMUHAMMEDOV IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF UZBEK IRANIAN STUDIES AND TRANSLATION STUDIES Murotova Hulkar; 2026; IFSMRC AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MANAGEMENT (AIJRM)
• The Literary History of the Zoroastrians in Iran MASSIMILIANO VASSALLI; 2026; Zenodo
• Comprehensive Content Analysis Dataset of the Iranian High School "Contemporary History of Iran" Textbook (Lessons 1-26): A Multi-Agent Adjudicated Protocol (CAP) Based on the William Romey Method Hossein Talebzadeh; 2026; Zenodo
• Emigration intentions among Iranian nurses and nursing students Hossein Ghasemi, Sedigheh Ghasemi; 2026; BMC Nursing

References

• Bozorgmehr, Sabagh, High Status Immigrants: A Statistical Profile of Iranians in the United States 1988; Cambridge University Press (CUP); label: verified
• Naficy, The Making of Exile Cultures 1993; University of Minnesota Press; label: to-verify
• Mahdi, Ethnic Identity among Second-Generation Iranians in the United States 1998; Cambridge University Press (CUP); label: verified
• Ghorashi, Ways to Survive, Battles to Win 2003; Nova Science; label: to-verify
• Ghorashi, Boersma, The ‘Iranian Diaspora’ and the New Media: From Political Action to Humanitarian Help 2009; Wiley; label: verified
• Mobasher, Iranians in Texas 2012; University of Texas Press; label: verified
• Malek, Dual nationality and the Iranian diaspora 2019; Middle East Journal; label: to-verify
• Azadi, Mirramezani, Mesgaran, Migration and Brain Drain from Iran 2020; Stanford Iran 2040 Working Paper 9; label: to-verify
• Malek, Culture Beyond Country 2025; New York University Press; label: verified
• Brielle, Fleisher, Wynne-Jones, Sirak, Broomandkhoshbacht, Callan, Curtis, Iliev, Lawson, Oppenheimer, Qiu, Stewardson, Workman, Zalzala, Ayodo, Gidna, Kabiru, Kwekason, Mabulla, Manthi, Ndiema, Ogola, Sawchuk, Al-Gazali, Ali, Ben-Salem, Letellier, Pierron, Radimilahy, Rakotoarisoa, Raaum, Culleton, Mallick, Rohland, Patterson, Mwenje, Ahmed, Mohamed, Williams, Monge, Kusimba, Prendergast, Reich, Kusimba, Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast 2023; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; label: verified
• Temoshok, Fenton, Choong, Lefkovitz, Regenscheid, Galluzzo, Richer, NIST SP 800-63B-4: Digital Identity Guidelines: Authentication and Authenticator Management 2025; National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.); label: verified
• World Wide Web Consortium, Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 2 2021; W3C Recommendation; label: verified
• Lee, Kaiser, Mayer, Narayanan, An Empirical Study of Wireless Carrier Authentication for SIM Swaps 2020; Sixteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2020), USENIX Association; label: verified
• Marczak, Scott-Railton, Marquis-Boire, Paxson, When Governments Hack Opponents: A Look at Actors and Technology 2014; 23rd USENIX Security Symposium, USENIX Association; label: verified
• Aljizawi, Anstis, Barnett, Chan, Leonard, Senft, Deibert, Psychological and Emotional War: Digital Transnational Repression in Canada 2022; The Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto (Citizen Lab Report No. 151); label: verified
• Lain, Kostiainen, Čapkun, Phishing in Organizations: Findings from a Large-Scale and Long-Term Study 2022; IEEE; label: verified
• Thomas, Akhawe, Bailey, Boneh, Bursztein, Consolvo, Dell, Durumeric, Kelley, Kumar, McCoy, Meiklejohn, Ristenpart, Stringhini, SoK: Hate, Harassment, and the Changing Landscape of Online Abuse 2021; IEEE; label: verified
• Warford, Matthews, Yang, Akgul, Consolvo, Kelley, Malkin, Mazurek, Sleeper, Thomas, SoK: A Framework for Unifying At-Risk User Research 2022; IEEE; label: verified
• Schnitzler, Utz, Farke, Pöpper, Dürmuth, Exploring user perceptions of deletion in mobile instant messaging applications 2020; Oxford University Press (OUP); label: verified
• Souppaya, Scarfone, Guide to Enterprise Patch Management Planning: Preparing for Vulnerability Management 2022; National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.); label: verified
• Howell, Franklin, Sritapan, Souppaya, Scarfone, Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices in the Enterprise 2023; National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.); label: verified
• Friedland, Sommer, Cybercasing the Joint: On the Privacy Implications of Geo-Tagging 2010; 5th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security (HotSec 10); label: verified
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations 2022; United Nations; label: verified
• The Unicode Consortium, Chapter 9: Middle East-I 2025; The Unicode Standard, Version 17.0.0: Core Specification; label: verified
• The Unicode Consortium, ArabicShaping-17.0.0.txt 2025; Unicode Character Database, Version 17.0.0; label: verified
• World Wide Web Consortium, Arabic & Persian Layout Requirements 2025; W3C Group Draft Note, 2 October 2025; label: verified
• Rahbari, Sénéchal, Learning to read and spell in Persian: A cross-sectional study from Grades 1 to 4 2010; American Psychological Association (APA); label: verified
• Wright, The Look of the Book: Manuscript Production in Shiraz, 1303-1452 2013; Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, in association with University of Washington Press; label: to-verify
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, International Migrant Stock 2024: Key facts and figures 2024; United Nations (UN DESA/POP/2024/DC/NO. 13, advance unedited version, released January 2025); label: verified
• Safran, Diasporas in Modern Societies: Myths of Homeland and Return 1991; Project MUSE; label: verified
• Brubaker, The 'diaspora' diaspora 2005; Informa UK Limited; label: verified
• Levitt, Schiller, Conceptualizing Simultaneity: A Transnational Social Field Perspective on Society 2004; SAGE Publications; label: verified
• Ratha, Plaza, Kim, In 2024, remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries are expected to reach $685 billion, larger than FDI and ODA combined 2024; World Bank, People Move blog, 18 December 2024; label: verified
• Harald Hammarström, Robert Forkel, Martin Haspelmath, Sebastian Bank, Glottolog 5.3 2026; Zenodo; label: verified
• Wahlbeck, The concept of diaspora as an analytical tool in the study of refugee communities 2002; Informa UK Limited; label: verified

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