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...