This article looks at the continuing fascination with the idea of monarchy in Iran, dismissed and condemned after the revolution but gradually rehabilitated through an engagement with the Shahnameh and a reinvigorated interest in ancient Iran. The interest in Sasanian Iran, as the cradle for the development of Islamic civilisation, has in turn enabled a popular re-acquaintance with Achaemenid Iran, previously frowned on for its association with Mohammad Reza Shah but legitimised by the enthusiastic endorsement of the figure of Cyrus the Great by President Ahmadinejad. This political myth of Cyrus the Great reflects the changing political dynamics of the Islamic Republic and the need to appropriate popular nationalist iconography to the state.

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皇家浪漫：现代伊朗的居鲁士大帝崇拜

本文着眼于伊朗对君主制思想的持续迷恋，在革命后被解雇和谴责，但通过与列王记并重新激发了对古代伊朗的兴趣。对作为伊斯兰文明发展摇篮的萨珊王朝伊朗的兴趣，反过来又使人们重新认识了阿契美尼德伊朗，此前因与穆罕默德礼萨沙阿的关系而皱眉，但由于对居鲁士形象的热情支持而合法化艾哈迈迪内贾德总统的伟大。居鲁士大帝的这一政治神话反映了伊斯兰共和国不断变化的政治动态，以及将流行的民族主义形象融入国家的必要性。