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- proper noun The third solar
month of thePersian calendar .
Etymologies
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Examples
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22 Bahman was the beginning of the Islamic Revolution and 22 Khordad is the beginning of the Islamic Government.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Monday June 15) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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It is very clear to me that 22 Khordad 1388, four months after the revolution turned 30, the time of Republic has come to an end in our country.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Monday June 15) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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We buried the body in a small area in the Zahra Cemetery in the late afternoon of 31 Khordad.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Monday June 22) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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These were the fortresslike offices of the reformist newspaper Khordad, where journalists saw themselves on a mission to liberalize Iranian thinking.
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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They had shut down six newspapers in the previous year, and Khordad looked like it might be next.
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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Those aspirations were manifest in the man in the dock: the supremely short, sharp, and immaculately turned out Abdollah Nouri—for years a trusted representative of Ayatollah Khomeini, more recently a high government official, subject of a vigilante beating, and reformist director of Khordad newspaper who had received the most votes in recent local elections.
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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Instead of "2 Khordad movement" it was a "Green Wave," which refers to Mr. Mousavi's official campaign color, green.
Sara Dehghan: Growing Up in Iran and Watching the Election From the U.S. 2009
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It is very clear to me that 22 Khordad 1388, four months after the revolution turned 30, the time of Republic has come to an end in our country.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Monday June 15) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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We buried the body in a small area in the Zahra Cemetery in the late afternoon of 31 Khordad.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Monday June 22) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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As somebody who was actively involved in "2 Khordad movement", I was in a very difficult position and I couldn't decide.
Sara Dehghan: Growing Up in Iran and Watching the Election From the U.S. 2009
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