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  • proper noun A city of Iran.

Etymologies

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Persian کرج (Karaj).

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Examples

  • One Iranian political prisoner who wrote an open letter, earlier this year, describing his conditions of detention at the overcrowded Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, described life there as a "hell and human catastrophe."

    Iranian Plans to Execute Woman for Adultery Unclear 2010

  • One Iranian political prisoner who wrote an open letter, earlier this year, describing his conditions of detention at the overcrowded Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, described life there as a "hell and human catastrophe."

    Iranian Plans to Execute Woman for Adultery Unclear 2010

  • There is the cyber war, the recently stepped-up sanctions, the blowing up of facilities near Isfahan and Karaj, the assassination of Iran's nuclear scientists, and now, stymieing any diplomatic contract, the passage of a law which forbids any negotiations by the Obama team with the Islamic Republic -- all manifestations of a clear agenda: to isolate Iran on all levels and fronts.

    Fariba Amini: Republicans in the U.S. Go All the Way: Nuke Iran Fariba Amini 2011

  • Families of Iranian political prisoners, as well as former political prisoners, have repeatedly complained to VOA about the appalling conditions in many Iranian prisons, including Tehran's Evin Prison and Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj.

    Iranian Plans to Execute Woman for Adultery Unclear 2010

  • Families of Iranian political prisoners, as well as former political prisoners, have repeatedly complained to VOA about the appalling conditions in many Iranian prisons, including Tehran's Evin Prison and Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj.

    Iranian Plans to Execute Woman for Adultery Unclear 2010

  • From Reuters: "Witnesses said they had seen Basij Islamic militia deploying across Tehran and one resident saw at least three buses full of Basij heading for the capital from the nearby city of Karaj on Saturday, as well as four trucks full of the motorcycles used by Basij militiamen during previous demonstrations."

    Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • She lived in Karaj with her husband and two children.

    Setareh Sabety: Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • She lived in the outskirts of Karaj further from the capital than Shahin khanoom in a rented house whose toilet was a shack at the bottom of the yard.

    Setareh Sabety: Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • She lived in the outskirts of Karaj further from the capital than Shahin khanoom in a rented house whose toilet was a shack at the bottom of the yard.

    Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • Her husband was not home when she got back to the outskirts of Karaj from her day's work in Tehran.

    Setareh Sabety: Psyche Spinner: Iran's Poorest on Drugs 2010

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