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Going to the beach, Iranian-style...Sea is the largest lake in the world. The sea is bordered by Kazakhstan in the northeast, Turkmenistan in the southeast, Azerbaijan in the southwest, Russia in the northwest and Iran in the south. The Caspian is abundant in oil and gas... In this article: Iran, Caspian Sea, Tehran, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, Turkey, and Bandar-Abbas |
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Offshore | 7 days ago
Caspian states move to finalize convention
...convention TEHRAN -- Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran intend to finalize a draft of the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, according to Iran's Petroenergy Information Network. The document,...
In this article: Caspian Sea, Tehran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan
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JPost.com Israel | October 20, 2009
Israel drops 47 points in press freedom index
...than his predecessor have had a lot to do with this," read the report. The last spots on the list went to Cuba, Burma, Iran, Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea. "Journalists have suffered more than ever this year in Mahmoud...
In this article: Israel, Reporters Without Borders, Barack Obama, United States, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and West Bank
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Oil & Gas Journal | 2 days ago
Oil, gas supply trends point to tight spots, higher prices
...capital investments for their development. The world's largest gas field, North field-South Pars, shared by Qatar and Iran, presently produces less than 10% of its potential of 110 bcfd. Turkmenistan's Iolotan, the world's second...
In this article: Natural gas, Recession, Middle East, Fossil fuel, North America, Africa, Latin America, Western Europe, and Madagascar
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boston.com - Latest news | 5 days ago
Turkmenistan seen as top gas supplier for Nabucco
...that would feed into Nabucco. Construction of a trans-Caspian pipeline could be indefinitely stalled by differences on how to divide the sea between five littoral nations, including Russia and Iran. Talks have dragged for years without...
In this article: Turkmenistan, European Union, Russia, Caspian Sea, Europe, Natural gas, and Azerbaijan
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Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1 | November 05, 2009
<em>Reason</em> Morning Links: UN Pulls Staff From Afghanistan, American Officials Convicted in Italy, Cash for Clunkers Post-Mortem
...and Uzbekistan. As evidence, he points to the plans to build a natural gas pipeline through Afghanistan that would allow Western oil companies to avoid Russia and Iran when transporting natural gas out of the region. You guys, they're...
In this article: U.N., Natural gas, Afghanistan, CIA, Uzbekistan, Italy, Turin, Central Asia, and U.K.
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Turkmenistan to open China, Iran gas pipelines
...BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan-Energy-rich Turkmenistan will begin supplying natural gas through two new pipelines to China and Iran in December, state media reported Saturday. The pipelines will create new energy...
In this article: Turkmenistan, Russia, China, Gazprom, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, All rights reserved, Natural gas, Hydrocarbon, and European Union
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The Australian | September 11, 2009
Chavez purchases missiles from Russia
...one-billion dollar credit to finance the acquisition of its weapons. In addition to Russia, Chavez visited Iran, Libya, Syria, Algeria, Turkmenistan, Belarus and Spain. He returned home on Friday. From here you can use the Social Web...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, Venezuela, Moscow, United States, Joint venture, T-72, and T-90
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 31, 2009
Iran says EU firms in talks to bring its gas to Nabucco
...and plans to increase it by eight million cm (282.5 million cubic feet) in the coming months. It exports around the same amount to Turkey. The nation of 70 million people on has faced gas shortages due to high consumption, especially in...
In this article: European Union, Mehr News Agency, Turkey, Russia, Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia
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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:
- January 01, 1501
- Formations:
- Safavid dynasty
- Area:
- 1,648,195
- 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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