All The Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer is a good place to start to form the backdrop of contemporary Iran
Echoing that this is a good one
Depends on how far back you want to go, but this one was written by a History Professor at Yale: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34152729-iran
I saw that at the library! This might be the next one (after Shah's Men). Thanks 
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