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Iran's leader gets backing in friendly BoliviaIran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, reviews the honor guard as he arrives to the airport in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Ahmadinejad is on a one-day visit to Bolivia. In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Bolivia, Evo Morales, Allegation, Lithium, La Paz, El Alto, Bolivia, and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva |
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BBC News | 3 days ago
Chavez hails 'Carlos the Jackal'
...a life sentence in France for murders committed in 1975. Mr Chavez also hailed Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, gained...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Idi Amin, Robert Mugabe, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, France, Europe, and Caracas
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boston.com - Latest news | 18 hours ago
Brazil's president urges West to work with Iran
...president urges West to work with Iran Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, embraces Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Ahmadinejad is on a one-day visit to Brazil.
In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Evo Morales, Brazil, Uranium, Middle East, Brasilia, Bolivia, and U.S.
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
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...Brazil: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held a private three-hour meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- the first Iranian leader to visit Brazil since pro-U.S. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi toured the South...
In this article: Hamas, Khmer Rouge, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Middle East, China, and Defendant
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FT.com - World | 2 days ago
Ahmadi-Nejad tests Brazilian diplomacy
...22 2009 18:26 Brazil's status as an emerging world power receives a serious diplomatic test on Monday when Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, president, hosts Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iran's leader, in the capital Brasilia. Critics said the...
In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Brazil, Tehran, Middle East, Shimon Peres, US, Brasilia, and World Jewish Congress
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Ahmadinejad suggests Iran role in atom fuel bank
TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday declared Iran's readiness for international nuclear cooperation, including on a global fuel bank, but made clear again that Tehran would not halt its own atomic activities. In...
In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Uranium, International Atomic Energy Agency, IRIB, Tehran, U.N., Geneva, and Barack Obama
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Iran student gets 8 yrs over post-election protests
...erupted in the days after the vote. Ahmadinejad has championed Iran's nuclear energy program, which has led the country into confrontation with Washington and Western powers and brought U.N. sanctions. Reporting by Hashem Kalantari;...
In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Detainee, Mirhossein Mousavi, U.N., Tehran, and Washington
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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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