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Editorial: IAEA not the best solution to the Iran nuclear problem...promoted to the top. Four months after the 9/11 attacks, President Bush pronounced North Korea, Iran and Iraq "an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world," effectively laying out ElBaradei's future for him. His life and legacy... In this article: Mohamed ElBaradei, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, George W. Bush, Iraq, Uranium, United States, U.N. Security Council, and Tehran |
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washingtonpost.com | November 20, 2009
Iran to launch satellite on its own by late 2011
...disasters in the earthquake-prone nation and improve its telecommunications. Iranian officials also point to America's use of satellites to monitor Iran's neighbors Afghanistan and Iraq and say they need similar abilities for their security.
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Huffington Post | November 19, 2009
Palin Confuses Iraq And Iran In Hannity Interview (VIDEO)
But even a friendly interview can be treacherous. In a sit-down with Fox News' Sean Hannity Wednesday night, the former Alaska governor confused Iraq and Iran several times. Asked about how to prevent Iran from getting nuclear...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Iraq, Alaska, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Katie Couric, Facebook, John McCain, and Mark Halperin
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True/Slant | November 19, 2009
Sarah Palin calls Iran Iraq, which is technically incorrect
Sarah Palin calls Iran "Iraq," which is technically incorrect So, this video will surely be making the rounds, but I'm kind of pressed for time today so what the hell. Below is a video of sad clown Sarah Palin responding to a question from...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Iraq, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Polar bear, and Civil War
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AP Online | 3 days ago
IAEA chief: Iran investigation at 'dead end'
...saying there was nothing to investigate because the allegations were false. ElBaradei has emphasized the need for talks instead of threats in engaging Iran. He has criticized the U.S. for invading Iraq on the pretext that Saddam Hussein...
In this article: Mohamed ElBaradei, Tehran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Allegation, Uranium, U.N. Security Council, Saddam Hussein, and U.S.
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U.S., EU must tackle Syria on Kurds' plight: group
...the Kurds despite the rapprochement with the West, it said. Kurds make up about 10 percent of Syria's population, and Turkey, Iran and Iraq also have Kurdish minorities. The report, entitled "Group denial, repression of Kurdish...
In this article: Syria, European Union, Human Rights Watch, Detainee, Damascus, United States, Allegation, Bashar al-Assad, and Europe
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BBC News | November 11, 2009
Iraq minority rights fears grow
...are an ancient sect whose religion blends Zoroastrianism, Islam and other faiths. About half a million of them live in Iran, Russia, Turkey and northern Iraq. Shabaks also follow a religion that blends Islam with other faiths, and speak...
In this article: Iraq, Islam, Nineveh, Human Rights Watch, Kirkuk, Allegation, and Saddam Hussein
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Iran (ایران ), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia. Iran is bordered to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, to the west by Iraq, and by Turkey to the northwest. 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 northern neighbors. Iran has a population of over seventy million. It is the 18th largest country in the world in terms of area at 1,648,195 km². Iran is affected by a wide range of climates, from hot and dry in the eastern deserts to temperate and rainy along the Caspian coast.
The name Iran has been in use natively and came into international use from 1935, before which the country was known internationally as Persia. The name Iran is a cognate of Aryan, and means "Land of the Aryans". Aryan refers the ancient Iranian tribes that settled in the Iranian plateau: Medes, Parthians and Persians, the latter of which and eventually unified the region into one the largest empires in history, the Achaemenid Empire. The Muslim conquest of Persia led to a period of significant spiritual, cultural and scientific exchange between Persians and other Muslims. This period saw the emergence of many Persian scientists, poets and philosophers. Iran was reunified as an independent state in 1501 by the Safavid dynasty—who promoted Twelver Shi'a Islam as the official religion of their empire, marking one of the most important turning points in the history of Islam. in 1906, the Iranian Constitutional Revolution established the nation's first parliament within a constitutional monarchy.
- Name:
- Iran
- Conventional Long Name:
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Local Name:
- جمهوری اسلامی ایران
- Capital:
- Tehran
- Language:
- Persian
- Motto:
- Independence, freedom, Islamic Republic
- Largest City:
- Tehran
- Government type:
- Islamic republic (a "theocratic republic".)
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 0625
- Formations:
- Safavid dynasty
- Area:
- 1,648,195
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $830.058 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 17th
- GDP (nominal):
- $331.757 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 87th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 29th
- 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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