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- The capital and largest city of Iran, in the north-central part of the country south of the Caspian Sea. A commercial and industrial center, it became the capital of Persia (Iran) c. 1788 and was modernized under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (ruled 1941–1979).
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- proper noun The
capital city ofIran .
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- noun the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran
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TEHRAN, Iran mdash; Iran will allow the mothers of three Americans arrested along the Iraqi border in July to visit them in a Tehran prison, ...
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will allow the mothers of three Americans arrested along the Iraqi border in July to visit them in a Tehran prison, the foreign minister announced Monday, saying the decision was made on humanitarian grounds.
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TEHRAN, Iran mdash; Iran has obtained four S-300 surface-to-air missile systems despite Russia's refusal to deliver them to Tehran under a valid contract, a semiofficial ...
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has obtained four S-300 surface-to-air missile systems despite Russia's refusal to deliver them to Tehran under a valid contract, a semiofficial Iranian news agency claimed Wednesday.
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader told a nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran on Saturday that the United States 'atomic weapons are a tool of terror and intimidation.
Iran Nuclear Summit: Iran Says U.S. Nukes Tool Of Terror, Intimidation 2010
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TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands of protesters dressed in black and green flooded the streets of Tehran on Thursday in a somber, candlelit show ...
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TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands of protesters wearing black and carrying candles filled the streets of Tehran again Thursday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein ...
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TEHRAN — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles Sunday in drills meant to show Tehran is prepared to crush any military ...
John Knefel: New York Times To Sociopaths: Give It Another Shot 2009
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TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands of protesters wearing black and carrying candles filled the streets of Tehran again Thursday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein ...
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TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands of protesters dressed in black and green flooded the streets of Tehran on Thursday in a somber, candlelit show ...
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