Abbreviations
| BDF | British Documents on Foreign Affairs |
| CAC Council | the Council of Amendments to the 1979 Constitution |
| EI2, EI3 | Encyclopaedia of Islam, printed by Brill (2nd and 3rd editions) |
| EIr | Encyclopaedia Iranica |
| EJ2 | Encyclopaedia Judaica (second edition) |
| EQ | Encyclopaedia of the Quran, edited by Jane D. McAuliffe |
| ER | Encyclopedia of Religion |
| EWI | Encyclopedia of the World of Islam (Dānishnāmih Jahān-i Islām) |
| FRC Assembly | Assembly for the Final Revision of the 1979 Constitution |
| HRC | Human Rights Committee |
| IDF | Iranian Documents of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| IHRC | Iranian Islamic Human Rights Commission |
| IPC | Islamic Penal Code |
| ISIS | Islamic State of Iraq and Syria |
| JE | Jewish Encyclopedia |
| OEMIW | Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (1st edn) |
| Q | Quran |
| n.d. | no date of publication |
| n.p. | no place of publication |
| s.v. | sub verbo or under the entry |