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| | Iran (08/05) |
 | | Iran has 30 provinces, each headed by a governor general. | | | The constitution stipulates that this national religious leader or members of the council of leaders are to be chosen from the clerical establishment on the basis of their qualifications and the high esteem in which they are held by Iran's Muslim population. | | | Iran's post-revolution difficulties have included an 8-year war with Iraq, internal political struggles and unrest, and economic disorder. |
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5314.htm
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| | Pars tourist agency (Iran map guide) |
| | West Azarbaijan is one of the 28 provinces of Iran. | | | Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari is one of the 28 provinces of Iran. | | | Sistan and Baluchistan is one of the 28 provinces of Iran. |
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| | Iraq - encyclopedia article about Iraq. |
| | Though it received a 79% "yes" vote, it was opposed by a large majority of Sunni Arab Iraqis, and is considered to have "barely" passed (as a few more votes against it would have caused its defeat, due to three provinces rejecting it by more than 2/3). | | | In the 1980s financial problems caused by massive expenditures in the eight-year war with Iran and damage to oil export facilities by Iran led the government to implement austerity measures, borrow heavily, and later reschedule foreign debt payments; Iraq suffered economic losses from the war of at least US$100 billion. | | | Modern Iraq became a British mandate (the British League of Nations Trust Territory of Iraq) at the end of World War I and was granted independence from British control in 1932. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Iraq
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| | The American Enterprise: How to Liberate Iraq |
| | If your research depends on access to Syria or Iran or Iraq, and you need to do primary research at these locations to get tenure, these countries can hold a visa over your head. | | | RUBIN: When you travel in a country like Iraq, Afghanistan, or Iran, what you hear is not criticism of the United States for meddling in their internal affairs, but criticism of the United States for not meddling in their internal affairs. | | | The majority of people who live under dictators oppose them--99.5 percent of Iraqis would be against Saddam. |
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| | Armenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Republic of Armenia, or Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստան, Hayastan, Հայք, Hayq), is a landlocked country in the southern Caucasus, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and Iran (Persia) and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the south. | | | In AD 301, Armenia became the first state to adopt Christianity as its official state religion, twelve years before the Roman Empire granted Christianity official toleration under Galerius, and some 30-40 years before Constantine was baptised. | | | However, international observers have questioned the fairness of Armenia's parliamentary and presidential elections and constitutional referenda since 1995, citing polling deficiencies, lack of cooperation by the electoral commission, and poor maintenance of electoral lists and polling places. |
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| | Iran (08/04) |
| | Iran's relations with many of its Arab neighbors have been strained by Iranian attempts to spread its Islamic revolution. | | | In accordance with the Algiers declaration of January 20, 1981, the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal (located in The Hague, Netherlands) was established for the purpose of handling claims of U.S. nationals against Iran and of Iranian nationals against the United States. | | | Iran has cultural ties to elements of both the Iraqi and Afghan populations and it remains to be seen whether they will be a constructive force in the reconstruction of those countries or not. |
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| | Provinces Of Syria |
| | claimed that several of Iraq's neighbors, notably Iran and Syria, meddle in... | | | 'Iran lets insurgents cross its border into Iraq' | | | Tahuantinsuyu (Land of the Four Quarters), which was divided into four provinces. |
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| | Iran (08/04) |
| | Iran's relations with many of its Arab neighbors have been strained by Iranian attempts to spread its Islamic revolution. | | | In accordance with the Algiers declaration of January 20, 1981, the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal (located in The Hague, Netherlands) was established for the purpose of handling claims of U.S. nationals against Iran and of Iranian nationals against the United States. | | | Iran has cultural ties to elements of both the Iraqi and Afghan populations and it remains to be seen whether they will be a constructive force in the reconstruction of those countries or not. |
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| | Ethnologue report for Iran |
| | Western Iran, Kermanshah, Ilam provinces; Eastern Iraq bordering these provinces including Xanaqin. | | | Western Iran, Ilam, Lorestan provinces, cities of Aleshtar, Kuhdesht, Nurabad-e Dolfan, Khorramabad. | | | Western Iran: Central and Southern Lorestan, Northern Khuzestan, Southern Hamadan Province, the southern edge of Markazi Province, some regions of Ilam, and possibly a small population in eastern Iraq. |
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| | Iran: Floods - OCHA-02: 14-Aug-01 |
| | Update on the flash floods that have affected northeastern provinces of Iran This report is based on information provided by UNDP Iran, Iranian and international media Situation 1. | | | The Government has warned residents in Gorgan city in Golestan province to be ready for evacuation, since the capacity of the Gorgan Dam has reached its maximum level. | | | So far, more than 170 deaths, mostly in Golestan province, have been reported and according to a news report, 160 people are still missing. |
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| | Hamedan-Tajikistan joint committee meets |
| | The Head of Hamedan Chamber of Commerce, Ebrahim Bathaei, in a meeting with the Mayor of Kulab city of Tajikistan, Babaj Moradov, announced the formation of the joint committee of the Hamedan Province of Iran and the Khatlan and Kulab Province of Tajikistan. | | | Speaking for his part, Moradov announced Tajikistan's willingness for the purchase of industrial and manufactured products from Iran and said that there are great potentials in Tajikistan for taking advantage of Iranian industrial products. | | | According to the head of the Hamedan chamber, given that moral relations between Iran and Tajikistan have prepared a suitable ground for further expansion of bilateral relations, a street and a house will be named in Kulab after Hamedan and a house and boulevard in Hamedan will be named after Kulab. |
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| | Iranian, Chinese provinces to cooperate directly |
| | During the visit Verdinejad discussed expansion of economic and trade cooperation between Iran and China and stressed on direct expansion of cooperation between provinces of the two countries. | | | Pointing out to the historical cooperation between Iran and china, Khuang Chi Fang said that the two countries should support each other in political, economic and international arenas. | | | The Chinese acting director explained that his country, after the economic development in the last couple of decades has actively participated in |
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| | Oil Wars :: Western "Humanitarianism" in Iraq :: (by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed) - Media Monitors Network |
| | Iraqs Western-endowed weapons of mass destruction - including chemical and biological weapons - were subsequently employed in its war against Iran, as well as at home in the gassing of defenceless Kurds and Shiites, all of which occurred under the auspices of the Saddam-West alliance. | | | Nevertheless, in December 1998, the merciless Western onslaught against Iraq was renewed on the pretext of Saddams alleged failure to comply with UN inspections. | | | Iraq was a compliant ally of the West - particularly of the United States - throughout the 1980s, despite the fact that the Iraqi masses were tyrannised under Saddam Husseins anti-humanitarian military regime. |
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| | DAWN - Opinion; 19 July, 2004 |
| | The former Iraqi president appeared before an Iraqi judge on July 2, to hear the charges against him which, inter alia, included the violent suppression of the Kurds, the Shia community and political dissidents, regardless of their political and religious affiliations, and launching of destructive wars against Iran and Kuwait. | | | The fight between the provinces on the basis for distribution whether population or collection or a combination of both is totally unnecessary and only serves the purpose of the federal government, which is determined to deny the provinces and the local governments their legitimate share in the national resources. | | | The provinces in the perception of public mind seem to be quarrelling about a greater share in the national pie. |
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| | ottoman |
| | Absorbed piecemeal by the Ottoman sultans Selim I and Süleyman I in the 16th century, this region on the empire's eastern periphery was the battleground in recurrent struggles between the Sunnite Ottomans and the Shi'ite rulers of Iran and was subject to frequent Arab and Kurdish tribal disturbances. | | | Ottoman Iraq was roughly approximate to the Arabian Iraq of the preceding era, but without clearly defined borders. | | | For administrative purposes, Ottoman Iraq was divided into the three central eyalets of Mosul, Baghdad, and Basra, with the northern eyalet of Sharihzor, east of the Tigris, and the southern eyalet of Al-Hasa, on the western coast of the Persian Gulf. |
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| | Iraq and Iran: Tips for Grantees, Contractors, and Non-Governmental Organizations |
| | Funds may not be used to open offices or to establish permanent facilities of any kind, or to locally purchase any goods or technology in Iraq or Iran of any kind, except usual and reasonable personal effects for personal use. | | | The term "areas of Iraq not controlled by the Government of Iraq" is described to mean, as of January 30, 2003 as: | | | · The export or reexport to Iraq, or purchase or use locally in Iraq, of any goods or technology, regardless of origin, of the type controlled under the Department of Commerce's Export Administration Regulations for export to Iraq is not permitted. |
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| | Turks.US Daily News: EU Urges Iraq not to Exclude Sunnis |
| | Hasan said that they do not know the final results yet, but said that in most of the 18 provinces of Iraq, the turn out exceeded 50 percent. | | | A Spokesperson for the Iranian government, Abdullah Ramazanzade said that Saddam Hussein supporters are afraid of the election results, but that Iran was not. | | | Meanwhile, Iraq Election Commission Vice President Haris Mohammed Hasan noted that 60-75 percent of registered voters cast their ballots in the elections. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Caspian Sea |
| | The Caspian Sea is bordered by Russia ( Dagestan, Kalmykia, Astrakhan Oblast), Republic of Azerbaijan, Iran /Persia ( Guilan, Mazandaran and Golestan provinces), Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan, with the central Asian steppes to the north and east. | | | Golestan is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. | | | Astara is also the name of a rayon in Azerbaijan, see Astara, Azerbaijan Astara is a city in the Iranian province of Gilan. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Mongols |
| | Tomb of Omar Khayyam, Neishabur Nishapur (or Neyshâbûr; نیشابور in Persian) is a town in the province of Khorasan in northeastern Iran, situated in a fertile plain at the foot of the Binalud Mountains, near the regional capital of Mashhad. | | | Abbasid provinces during the caliphate of Harun al-Rashid Abbasid was the dynastic name generally given to the caliphs of Baghdad, the second of the two great Sunni dynasties of the Muslim empire. | | | The Bonan (also Baoan) people (ä¿å®‰æ—; pinyin: bÇŽoÄn zú) are an ethnic group living in Gansu and Qinghai provinces in northwestern China. |
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| | Iran Daily |
| | Iran was virtually bankrupt, its central government was weak, and its provinces were almost autonomous. | | | Many exploits in the political affairs as well as in the relationships with the neighboring and other foreign countries were made; he also attended to the order of Iranian Embassies across the world. | | | Upon his return to Iran in 1847, Mirza Taghi was appointed to the court of the crown prince, Nassereddin, in Azarbaijan. |
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| | History of the Ottoman Empire - Decline and Fall |
| | But in the 17th c., the Ottomans were confronted by an extended arc of opponents, Venice, Austria, Poland, Russia, and Iran, often obliged to confront several at once. | | | In the 1850s-60s, intellectuals known as the New Ottomans” engaged in a liberal critique of Tanzimat policies with emphasis on fatherland (vatan), freedom (hurriget), and constitutionalism. | | | This concept was fundamental to the prevalent ideology of the Tanzimat, Ottomanism (patriotism but not yet nationalism). |
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| | HIC [ Housing and Land Rights Network ] |
| | Miloon Kothari, issued this statement at the conclusion of his recent country mission to Iran: | | | Because the Special Rapporteur places a particular emphasis on the need to undertake field visits, trips were organized to different neighborhoods in and around Teheran and in the provinces of Kermanshah, Kerman, Khuzestan, Boyerahmad va Kohgiluye and Fars. | | | "Following an invitation from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing visited the country on mission from 19 to 31 July, 2005. |
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| | ipedia.com: Kurdistan (province) Article |
| | This province is one of the most mountanous provinces of Iran and has a generally cold climate. | | | Kordestan is one of the 28 provinces of Iran, not be confused with the greater geographical area of Kurdistan. | | | This province is one of the most mounta... |
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| | MapZones.com : Turkmenistan Map |
| | Turkmenistan, officially Republic of Turkmenistan, republic in Central Asia, bordered on the north by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, on the east by Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, on the south by Afghanistan and Iran, and on the west by the Caspian Sea. | | | Turkmenistan's underground resources in the western plain and those underwater along the Caspian Sea include extensive reserves of oil and natural gas, as well as deposits of mirabilite, iodine, bromine, sulfur, potassium, and salt. | | | Democratic Party of Turkmenistan or DPT [Saparmurat NIYAZOV] note: formal opposition parties are outlawed; unofficial, small opposition movements exist underground or in foreign countries Political pressure groups and leaders: NA Turkmenistan |
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| | Why Syria and Turkey Gird for War - article by Daniel Pipes |
| | On the other side, the many states with a grievance against Turkey or Israel have joined forces, including Greece, Greek Cyprus, Syria and Iran. | | | In 1967, the Six-Day War between Arab nations and Israel seemed to come out of nowhere; historians still puzzle over its origins. | | | For example, Ankara's tough policies toward Syria are almost certainly affected by the absence of Syrian-Israeli negotiations over the Golan Heights; and the impending shipment in November of Russian surface-to-air missiles to Greek Cyprus, which has recently developed close ties with Syria. |
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| | Ardebil governor general confers with Armenian minister - Irna |
| | Britain seek to find foothold in Iran's Khuzestan province | | | Negarandeh, who is visiting Yerevan on an invitation of the Armenian minster, said continuation of consultations between the two countries paves the appropriate ground for promotion of cooperation between Iran's bordering provinces and Armenia. | | | The Armenian minister referring to good neighborly ties between the two countries underlined the importance of provincial cooperation, evaluating the trend of cooperation and exchanging of different delegations in last year as "pleasing." |
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| | Iran |
| | Iran: World Bank Loan To Support Iran’s Caspian Provinces In Managing Scarce Water Resources (Press Release) | | | Larger numbers of increasingly well-educated women seek opportunities to participate at all levels of Iran’s labor market and civil society. | | | Iran: World Bank Loan To Support Iran’s Reconstruction Efforts Following Bam Earthquake (Press Release) |
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| | Iran- Italy Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines | | | Israel - Italy Chamber of Commerce and Industry | | | American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, Mario Resca, President, Via Cantu' 1, 20123 Milano |
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| | Provinces Of Iran |
| | If at least three out of Iraq's 18 provinces reject the charter in the... | | | Shi'ite politicians in government to bring Iraqis under the influence of Shi'ite Iran. | | | A law has been passed in the Parliament (May 18, 2004) and the Council of Guardians (May 29, 2004) to further divide the province of Khorasan into three new provinces: North Khorasan, South Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan. |
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