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UN committee targets Iran's rights violations...U.N. Ambassador John McNee told the committee human rights protections have continued to deteriorate in Iran over past year. "What is routine is Iran's consistent failure to live up to its international human rights obligations," he said. In this article: United Nations, Iran, Amputation, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mark Twain, U.S. State Department, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
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BBC News | 7 hours ago
Iran criticised over nuclear deal
Six powers 'disappointed' as Iran rejects nuclear deal Iran says it has misgivings about the IAEA-brokered deal The six major powers negotiating with Iran over its nuclear programme have said they are disappointed with Iran's response to...
In this article: Uranium, International Atomic Energy Agency, Barack Obama, Tehran, Mohammed ElBaradei, UN Security Council, Manouchehr Mottaki, Washington, and France
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Reuters | 8 hours ago
Powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear offer
By David Brunnstrom and Dave Graham Senior officials from six world powers said on Friday they were disappointed Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential to make nuclear bombs, and urged Tehran to reconsider. But...
In this article: Tehran, Uranium, Mohamed ElBaradei, International Atomic Energy Agency, EU, U.N., and Cancer
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Yahoo! News | 8 hours ago
Powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear offer (Reuters)
Reuters - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director … By David Brunnstrom and Dave Graham David Brunnstrom And Dave Graham - 17 mins ago BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Senior...
In this article: Tehran, Uranium, Mohamed ElBaradei, International Atomic Energy Agency, EU, U.N., Brussels, and Cancer
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washingtonpost.com | 9 hours ago
ElBaradei urges Iran to agree fuel deal by year end
...to send the fuel abroad, but he said it was not a written response, he did not think it was Iran's final position, and he remained in touch with his Iranian counterparts. "I do not consider that I have received a final answer," ElBaradei...
In this article: Mohamed ElBaradei, Tehran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Barack Obama, Uranium, Berlin, Cancer, U.N., and Brussels
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AP Online | 9 hours ago
Iran to launch satellite on its own by late 2011
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it into orbit. The move reflected Tehran's frustration with...
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AP Online | 1 day ago
World powers weigh new sanctions for Iran
...probably take months to enact. China, always reluctant to support sanctions, offered no assurances that it would agree to punish Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki played down the threat of sanctions, saying embargoes have...
In this article: Uranium, Barack Obama, European Union, International Atomic Energy Agency, Brussels, U.N., Tehran, and Vienna
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
U.S. warns Iran of consequences over standoff
...was willing to discuss the reactor fuel deal but only if the swap of enriched uranium for nuclear fuel took place within Iran. "Iran raises its readiness in order to have further talks within the framework which is presented," he...
In this article: Barack Obama, Uranium, Tehran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Manouchehr Mottaki, U.N., Washington, Manila, and Russia
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AP Online | 2 days ago
Iran rejects deal on sending uranium abroad
...is the political message of this site." He added that "the important message is ... enrichment in Iran will continue at any price." Iran says the facility was fortified to protect it against any possible attack by the U.S. or Israel.
In this article: Uranium, United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, U.S., Tehran, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Geneva
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Reuters | 2 days ago
Iran rejects sending uranium abroad
...agree to send only "part" of its stockpile in several shipments. Should the talks fail to help Iran obtain the fuel from abroad, Iran has threatened to enrich uranium from the 5 percent level up to the 20 percent threshold needed for the...
In this article: Uranium, Tehran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Manouchehr Mottaki, France, United States, U.N., Vienna, and Russia
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Iran (ایران ), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively and came into international use from 1935, before which the country was known internationally as Persia. Both "Persia" and "Iran" are used interchangeably in cultural context; however, Iran is the name used officially in political context. The name Iran is a cognate of Aryan, and means "Land of the Aryans".
The 18th largest country in the world in terms of area at 1,648,195 km², Iran has a population of over seventy million. It is a country of special geostrategic significance due to its central location in Eurasia. Iran is bordered on the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. As Iran is a littoral state of the Caspian Sea, which is an inland sea and condominium, Kazakhstan and Russia are also Iran's direct neighbors to the north. Iran is bordered on the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by Iraq and on the northwest by Turkey. Tehran is the capital, the country's largest city and the political, cultural, commercial and industrial center of the nation. Iran is a regional power, and holds an important position in international energy security and world economy as a result of its large reserves of petroleum and natural gas.
- Name:
- Iran
- Conventional Long Name:
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Local Name:
- Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān
- Capital:
- Tehran
- Language:
- Persian
- Motto:
- Independence, freedom, Islamic Republic
- Largest City:
- Tehran
- Government type:
- Islamic republic (a "theocratic republic".)
- Founding Date:
- April 01, 1979
- Formations:
- First constitution
- Area:
- 636,372
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $830.058 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $331.757 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $4,477
- Time Zone:
- IRST
- Currency:
- Rial (ريال)
- Demonym:
- Iranian
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- IRR
- Country Calling Code:
- 98
- ccTLD:
- .ir
- Anthem:
- National Anthem of Iran²
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