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  • proper noun A surname.

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Examples

  • This reinforces the regime's core supporters '(religious working-class, mainly Tehranian) belief in the Revolution.

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  • Focusing on the contemporary immigration debate, the war on terrorism, media portrayals of Middle Easterners, and the processes of creating racial stereotypes, Tehranian argues that, despite its many successes, the modern civil rights movement has not done enough to protect the liberties of Middle Eastern Americans.

    Book panels at Law & Society Mary L. Dudziak 2009

  • The family of Kaveh Alipour, a 19-year-old Tehranian man, was told they had to pay a “bullet fee” — the cost of a bullet used to kill Alipour — before they could retrive his body for burial.

    How much does a bullet cost in Iran? « Dating Jesus 2009

  • Tehranian argues that “on any given day, … even the most law-abiding American engages in thousands of actions that likely constitute copyright infringement.”

    Archive 2007-11-25 2007

  • Tehranian makes his case with an imaginative list of seeming benign “infringing” acts and concludes that “if copyright holders were inclined to enforce their rights to the maximum extent allowed by law, John would be indisputably liable for a mind-boggling $4.544 billion in potential damages each year.” emphasis added

    Archive 2007-11-25 2007

  • Without any disrespect to Tehranian, we take issue with his argument and almost all of his analysis.

    Archive 2007-11-25 2007

  • Tehranian alludes to this in his brief reference to the Mongol Ilkhanate rule of Iran (1256-1336 CE).

    The Relation between Buddhism and Sufism: Response to Majid Tehranian 2006

  • Police arrested and tortured several hundred Tehranian students that were protesting in 1999.

    CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2006 2006

  • Tehranian is indeed correct when he asserts, “Both are concerned with human conditions of frailty, fragility, and finitude.”

    The Relation between Buddhism and Sufism: Response to Majid Tehranian 2006

  • This has resulted in what Tehranian calls "selective radicalization", whereby successful Americans of Middle Eastern origin are allowed to become white.

    PopMatters 2009

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