A real tour de force. There is no project in the entire Middle Eastern field more worthy of support than the Encyclopædia Iranica.
Prof. Richard N. Frye, Harvard University
in Journal of the American Oriental Society 

The Encyclopædia Iranica volumes are the most extensive and important contributions to the study of Islamic and pre-Islamic Iranian history and culture that have been made in this century. 
Dr. Prudence Harper, 
Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The foremost reference work on Iran ever
produced and one of the premier reference works in the humanities published in our time.
Prof. Roy Mottahedeh, Harvard University
in Middle East Journal

The Encyclopædia Iranica will be judged as the most significant contribution of our century to the advancement of Iranian studies as a scholarly enterprise.
Prof. A. Banuazizi, Boston College,
inInternational Journal of Middle East Studies

Une grande entreprise.
Prof. Gilbert Lazard, Membre de l'Institut,
in Journal Asiatique

The Encyclopædia Iranica is not just a necessity for Iranists; it is of inestimable value for everyone concerned with the history and culture of the Middle East.
Prof. Richard Bulliet, Columbia University,
in International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

La première fois qu'une encyclopédie pluridisciplinaire sur l'Iran est mise en chantier.
Prof. Jean Calmard, University of Paris,
in Abstracta Iranica

This monument of scholarship in Iranian Studies is a mine of detailed information, with bibliographical references, on every aspect of Iranian history, thought, languages, and civilization.
Dr. Farhad Daftary, Institute of Ismaili Studies,
in Journal of the American Oriental Society

 [Encyclopædia Iranica] is an invaluable aid not only to Iranian scholars but also to scholars of Assyrian history, ancient Greek and Roman history, and the history of Islam, as well as archaeologists and historians of culture and religion.
Dr. N. I. Medvedskaya, Oriental Institute, St. Petersburg, in Vestnik Drevnej Istorii (translated text)

Encyclopædia Iranica is indispensable for any scholarly work of specialists in the fields of Iranian and Islamic Studies.  [It] deserves the highest praise and full support.
Prof. Werner Ende, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
inZDMG(translated text)

Une grande entreprise qui fera certainement date dans l'histoire des études Iraniennes.
The late Prof. Z. Telegdi, University of Budapest
in Archiv Orientalni, Prague

Mit der vorliegenden Encyclopædia ist ein jahrhundertwerk in Angriff genommen worden.
The late Professor Bertold Spuler, University of Hamburg, in Der Islam

By contrast [to the Encyclpædia of Islam] Islamic art and architecture play a far larger role in ... Encylopædia Iranica ... [It] includes many biographies of artists, including painters, calligraphers, potters, metalworkers, and woodcarvers, as well as entries on cities and media, such as ceramics, carpets, and calligraphy.
Dr. Sheila Blair & Dr. Jonathan M. Bloom,
inMiddle East Studies Association Bulletin

Encyclopædia Iranica is a real treasury of competent, up-to-date information, and an important research tool.
Dr Rüdiger Schmitt, University Professor, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany