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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President, gets hero's welcome in Venezuela...alliances. Israel is particularly concerned by the alleged presence of Hezbollah cells on the continent and also claims to have intelligence that Venezuela and Bolivia are supplying Iran with uranium for its nuclear programme. Mr Chavez... In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Iran, Tehran, Uranium, Lithium, Sarah Palin, Bolivia, and Brazil |
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Reuters | 1 day ago
Men charged with attempting to support Hezbollah
...money. The United States lists Hezbollah as a terrorist group. Hezbollah, which is backed by Syria and Iran, has two ministers in Lebanon's unity government formed this month. "The allegations contained in this complaint demonstrate how...
In this article: Hezbollah, Thomson Reuters, New York, Philadelphia, Allegation, All rights reserved, Small business, NYSE, and Nasdaq
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BBC News | 1 day ago
Turning tide
...Arabia. Regional powers In June, Mr Hariri's 14 March coalition won the parliamentary election, beating the opposition bloc led by the Shia Islamist movement, Hezbollah, which is supported by Syria and Iran. The rapprochement between...
In this article: Hezbollah, Damascus, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Caesarean, and Lebanon's parliament
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L.A. Times - Babylon & Beyond | 1 day ago
IRAN, ISRAEL: Flexing muscles, turning up rhetoric in preparation for possible war
...submarines. Israeli military experts have said that the army is expecting Iran's allies Hezbollah and Hamas to retaliate by launching synchronized rocket attacks in the event of an airstrike against Iran. Israel's new antimissile...
In this article: Israel, United States, Tehran, Washington, Tel Aviv, Middle East, and Council on Foreign Relations
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Philly.com | 1 day ago
2nd local arms indictment this week accuses 4 men
...money to the informant in Philadelphia. According to the indictment, Harb previously claimed that the government of Iran produced high-quality fake U.S. currency that was sold to benefit Hezbollah. Harb and Hodroj face the most serious...
In this article: Hezbollah, Philadelphia, Colt M4, Brooklyn, Beirut, and Syria
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MIDDLE EAST: Israel, Hezbollah in warning war
...and accused Israel of piracy. For a long time Israel has accused Iran of arming Hezbollah and running guns to the organization through Syria (which also comes up constantly in context of peace talks with Syria). Satisfied with catching at...
In this article: Hezbollah, Israel, United Nations, Lebanon, Gabi Ashkenazi, Hassan Nasrallah, Syria, and Polyethylene
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Iran and Syria deny arms claims
...manufacture weapons in Syria. This ship carries imported goods from Syria to Iran." Iran and Syria are widely held to be the main sponsors of Hezbollah. The Shia group has not yet commented on the seizure. The Antiguan-flagged vessel,...
In this article: Hezbollah, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Allegation, Hand grenade, Manouchehr Mottaki, and Hamas
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | November 04, 2009
Israel seizes ship laden with weapons
Iran and Syria are close allies and Hezbollah's principal backers. Israel accuses Syria and Iran of supplying Hezbollah with weapons using air, sea, and land routes. If true, Israel's assertion would bolster allegations that Syria has...
In this article: Hezbollah, Israel, Syria, Allegation, and Egypt
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | 6 days ago
Interview: Planning for the unthinkable - a nuclear Iran
...a number of years, Pollack assessed. But in so doing, Israel would have to assume that Iran would retaliate through its allies Hamas and Hizbullah, which are armed and stationed on Israel's borders. A strike intended to strengthen the...
In this article: Kenneth Pollack, Iraq, Israel, US Intelligence Community, Saddam Hussein, South Africa, Iraq War, Invading Iraq, and Brookings Institution
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 04, 2009
Iran, Syria deny Hezbollah arms claims
...the Lebanese group declined to comment. Iran and Syria are the main foreign backers of the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah but both deny that they provide anything other than moral support. A UN Security Council resolution which brought...
In this article: Hezbollah, Syria, UN Security Council, Israel, Allegation, Press TV, Manouchehr Mottaki, and Lebanon
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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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