A few more good sources

Here a few more sources to check out.

Kinzer, Stephen (2008). All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror. John Wiley & Sons

Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has worked in more than 50 countries. He has been the New York Times bureau chief in Istanbul, Berlin, and Managua. He has authored a number of books on U.S. foreign policy. In this work, Kinzer has gone to great length to research and uncover the hidden U.S. role in the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mossadegh in 1953, with the effect of crushing the first attempt at democracy in the country. This book gives the reader a crucial understanding of the rise of anti-Americanism in Iran that we are still dealing with today.

Sadjadpour, Karim. Iran: Is Productive Engagement Possible? Issue brief. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2008.

Karim Sadjadpour is an associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He also served four years at the International Crisis Group based in Tehran and Washington D.C. He is also a regular contributor to BBC and PBS and has written for many publications including the Economist and the New York TImes. Sadjadpour lays out a step-by-step detailed plan for the U.S. government to implement if peace is to be achieved. This briefing is essential to understand the goals that must be achieved for a stable relationship with Iran.

Additionally, here are two congressional sub-committee hearings on Iran and U.S. policy towards it.

East, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Middle and Asia, South (2008). Iran Sanctions and Regional Security: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, October 23, 2007.

East, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Middle and Asia, South (2008). More Than Just Enrichment: Iran's Strategic Aspirations and the Future of the Middle East: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Second Session, June 5, 2008.