From "Mohammad Mossadeq and the 1953 coup in Iran"
https://books.google.com/books?id=LlA8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=lewis+carroll+iran&source=bl&ots=4ZMwk7ts5s&sig=ACfU3U1rZ1JI7i0cOXUE7UtCUS9bPZFPjA&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisraSuu_HmAhXJMd8KHUgPCekQ6AEwAHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=lewis%20carroll%20iran&f=false
Of Dr Robin Zaehner, A British spy, in 1953 it says:
"To those who wished to learn about Iranian politics he recommended Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking Glass"