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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A country of southwest Asia. Inhabited since c. 2000 BC by Iranian peoples, the region later became the core of the Persian Empire. After being conquered by Alexander the Great and ruled by the Parthian Arsacid dynasty, Persia was reestablished under the Sassanian dynasty (AD 224–651) and, after invasions by Arabs (7th century), Turks (10th century), and Mongols (13th century), was reestablished again under the Safavid dynasty (1502–1736). The country, renamed Iran in 1935, was ruled by the Pahlavi dynasty from 1925 until the ouster of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1979) in a revolution led by the Ayatollah Khomeini, who established an Islamic republic. Tehran is the capital and the largest city.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of Iranian;
- noun of Iranic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The native name of Persia, the name adopted by the modern nation of Iran.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A country in the
Middle East known asPersia until 1935. Official name:Islamic Republic of Iran .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
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Examples
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On anonymousfreedom.org , members urge people to go on Reddit and focus on particular countries: "We are, at the moment, particularly interested in china and iran!" the site says, directing people to cables between the State Department and overseas embassies regarding sales of Chinese sales of weapons to Iran; or to Kenya against Somalia.
WikiLeaks' advocates are wreaking 'hacktivism' Ian Shapira 2010
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On anonymousfreedom.org , members urge people to go on Reddit and focus on particular countries: "We are, at the moment, particularly interested in china and iran!" the site says, directing people to cables between the State Department and overseas embassies regarding sales of Chinese sales of weapons to Iran; or to Kenya against Somalia.
WikiLeaks' advocates are wreaking 'hacktivism' Ian Shapira 2010
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TEHRAN, IRAN - An influential former Iranian president on Tuesday criticized the government in unusually blunt terms, saying that it is not taking U. S.-led sanctions seriously enough and that Iran could become a "dictatorship."
Cleric calls on Iran to take U.S.-led sanctions seriously 2010
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HADI GHAEMI, INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN: In 2000, when he shut down the free press in Iran, he was called the butcher of the press.
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On anonymousfreedom.org , members urge people to go on Reddit and focus on particular countries: "We are, at the moment, particularly interested in china and iran!" the site says, directing people to cables between the State Department and overseas embassies regarding sales of Chinese sales of weapons to Iran; or to Kenya against Somalia.
WikiLeaks' advocates are wreaking 'hacktivism' Ian Shapira 2010
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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'IRAN: New Revelations Tear Holes in Nuclear Trigger Story'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'New revelations about two documents leaked to Rupert Murdoch\'s The Times of London to show that Iran is working on a "nuclear trigger" mechanism have further undermined the credibility of the document the newspaper had presented as evidence of a continuing Iranian nuclear weapons programme.'
OpEdNews - Quicklink: IRAN: New Revelations Tear Holes in Nuclear Trigger Story 2010
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On anonymousfreedom.org , members urge people to go on Reddit and focus on particular countries: "We are, at the moment, particularly interested in china and iran!" the site says, directing people to cables between the State Department and overseas embassies regarding sales of Chinese sales of weapons to Iran; or to Kenya against Somalia.
WikiLeaks' advocates are wreaking 'hacktivism' Ian Shapira 2010
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HADI GHAEMI, INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN: In 2000, when he shut down the free press in Iran, he was called the butcher of the press.
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Jeskandari said: "i suggest you come to iran and sea how is the hijab here for yourself if you searched the net A little you knew that in Iran women are not that restricted"
legitgov 2009
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Dear SuzziQ you wer concerned about shite caliphe who made every one wear chador, but i want to tell you the caliphe were not shia and i suggest you come to iran and sea how is the hijab here for yourself if you searched the net A little you knew that in Iran women are not that restricted
legitgov 2009
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