Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Formerly Per·sia (pûrˈzhə, -shə)Iran A country of southwest Asia. Inhabited since c. 2000 B.C. by Iranian peoples, the region later became the core of the Persian Empire. After being conquered by Alexander the Great and ruled by the Parthian Arsacid dynasty, Persia was reestablished under the Sassanian dynasty (A.D. 224-651) and, after invasions by Arabs (7th century), Turks (10th century), and Mongols (13th-14th centuries), was reestablished again under the Safavid dynasty (1502-1736). The country, officially renamed Iran in 1935, was ruled by the Pahlavi dynasty from 1925 until the ouster of Muhammad Reza Pahlavi (1979) in a revolution led by the Ayatollah Khomeini, who established an Islamic republic. Tehran is the capital and the largest city. Population: 65,400,000.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An abbreviation of Iranian;
- n. of Iranic.
Wiktionary
- n. A country in the Middle East known as Persia until 1935. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The native name of Persia, the name adopted by the modern nation of Iran.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
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“VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'IRAN: New Revelations Tear Holes in Nuclear Trigger Story'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'New revelations about two documents leaked to Rupert Murdoch\'s The Times of London to show that Iran is working on a "nuclear trigger" mechanism have further undermined the credibility of the document the newspaper had presented as evidence of a continuing Iranian nuclear weapons programme.”
OpEdNews - Quicklink: IRAN: New Revelations Tear Holes in Nuclear Trigger Story
“TEHRAN, IRAN - An influential former Iranian president on Tuesday criticized the government in unusually blunt terms, saying that it is not taking U. S.-led sanctions seriously enough and that Iran could become a "dictatorship.”
The Washington Post: Cleric calls on Iran to take U.S.-led sanctions seriously
“On anonymousfreedom.org , members urge people to go on Reddit and focus on particular countries: "We are, at the moment, particularly interested in china and iran!" the site says, directing people to cables between the State Department and overseas embassies regarding sales of Chinese sales of weapons to Iran; or to Kenya against Somalia.”
The Washington Post: WikiLeaks' advocates are wreaking 'hacktivism'
“HADI GHAEMI, INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN: In 2000, when he shut down the free press in Iran, he was called the butcher of the press.”
“Jeskandari said: "i suggest you come to iran and sea how is the hijab here for yourself if you searched the net A little you knew that in Iran women are not that restricted”
“Dear SuzziQ you wer concerned about shite caliphe who made every one wear chador, but i want to tell you the caliphe were not shia and i suggest you come to iran and sea how is the hijab here for yourself if you searched the net A little you knew that in Iran women are not that restricted”
“TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 14: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds a press conference on June 14, 2009 in Tehran, Iran.”
“If Israel permits Obama's diplomatic stumbling to allow iran time to acquire W.M.D. then the alternative is going to be underground bunkers all over Telaviv, warning sirens and thousands of missiles aimed at Iran.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Spiegel: THE ELECTION IN IRAN'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Many in Iran and the West assume that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\'s re-election was the product of fraud.”
“Terror Strikes IRAN '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: Zahedan, Iran, as it looked in 1975; today, a city of terror. ”
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