Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Editor of PODOCES, has recently circulated three papers on rare birds in Iran. Two of these cover the period 1860-1970:

Scott D.A. 2008. Rare birds in Iran in the late 1960s and 1970s. Podoces 3(1/2): 1–30.

Roselaar C.S. & Aliabadian M. 2009. Review of rare birds in Iran, 1860s–1960s. Podoces 4(1): 1–27.

The latest covers the period 1980 – 2010.

Khaleghizadeh A. et al. 2011. Rare Birds in Iran in 1980-2010. Podoces 6(1): 1–48

These articles can be accessed on the OSME website (osme.org/tripreports/index.shtml#iran) or directly from Abolghasem at akhaleghizadeh@gmail.com.