IRANIAN LIBRARY

The Iranian Library is situated in Acton, in West London and is the library of the Iranian community in the United Kingdom. It is the largest library in the world outside Iran by number of items catalogued. The library is a major research library, holding around 30 thousands items. In addition to books the library also keep manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The library is also committed to increasing its stock of books for younger readers. It continuously receives copies of newly published Persian books both in Iran and abroad.bbbbbbbb... Thanks to donations and the help and support of many members of the Iranian community, the Library for Iranian Studies in London was officially opened on November 16 th, 1991. At that time the library consisted of 2,500 books and other publications and was housed in rented premises in Acton, London. The board of founder members of the..

Primary location: Acton United Kingdom