Iran

Atlas of Iran: The White Revolution dates from 1972. In his 1976 review, T. W. Plumb identifies the publisher as the Sahab Geographic and Drafting Institute in Tehran and describes 78 maps, 31 diagrams and 11 illustrations. According to Plumb, the atlas sought to present Iran’s development achievements since the 1963 White Revolution to Western readers, emphasizing land reform, rural cooperatives, industry, health and literacy. He criticized the widespread lack of graticules and scale statements and the limited place-name labeling, while finding it a useful visual reference for contemporary social change that required supplementary sources.

The National Cartographic Center’s 2011 account dates the national atlas project’s assignment to 1992: a general atlas first tested institutional capabilities and introduced participating organizations to the project, followed by specialized atlases combining maps, graphics, diagrams and explanatory text. The Persian-language books include the 1994 General Atlas of Iran and Mapping volume; health, geology and energy in 1997; general education in 1998; history, population, industry and agriculture in 1999; handicrafts in 2001; tourism, workers, fisheries, environment, cities and urbanism, and commerce in 2002; and communications, higher education, animal husbandry and transportation in 2003. Although the institutional account reports completion in 2002, the recorded publication dates extend through 2003.

The General Atlas of Iran was published in Persian as a book by the National Cartographic Center in 2007. The available record supplies no description of its contents or documented changes from the 1994 publication of the same title.