Iran

Lt. Col. Oliver North was one of the names brought up in the Iran-Contra scandal.

He did have international support, from the Soviet Union. However, the Soviets were not willing to defend the regime militarily unless they could be guaranteed that the Tudeh Party (the Iranian Communist Party) would have primary power in Iran. Mosaddegh could not promise this because he did not agree with the Communists' aims in all regards. Mosaddegh was unable to get US assistance because the US feared a Communist-aligned Iran more and favored a strong US-UK relationship. As a result, when the US CIA launched Operation Ajax to restore the Shah in 1953, the Soviets did not directly intervene.

A historically false claim, it is not necessarily Iran, but their leaders who deny the Holocaust. They do this a part of a series of other absurd claims in order to justify destroying Israel.

He overthrew the previous Qajjar Dynasty.

Wrong country. IRAQ invaded Kuwait. Not Iran.

No. They did not get further south than Athens.

Of course.

All of the celebs, especially American Pop Stars, have fans around the world. There are a number of Iranian fans of Taylor Swift who are very similar to her American fans. Iranians (despite their government) are a very modern and culturally aware people.

Because the Iranian government control and censor all media in the country and they can't censor the BBC.

iran contra= national security issue

There were several foods that the ancient Persians consumed. Some included stews made with meat, rice, bread, goat, fruits, and lamb.

It was not the Greeks, it was the Macedonians, who used Greek and other mercenaries to support them.

Alexander the great king of Macedonia, spent ten years taking over the Persian Empire. He did this in three major battles which broke coordinated Persian resistance, and then dealt with the outlying provinces one at a time.

Allegedly the equivalent of 20 billion U.S dollars

Only distant Iranian cousins, but no first or second degree relatives (to anybody's knowledge).

nothing

yes

The Romans fought wars against the Persians for more than 380 years. Their disputes were mainly about Armenia, a territory which stood in between the two empires. The Persian Empire was powerful enough to stand up to Roman Empire. These wars were costly and required to use of large military resources to fight in an area which was far away from the vast frontiers of the Roman Empire in Europe, which were often under attack by peoples to the north and the east of these frontiers. This situation contributed to the Roman army becoming overstretched when it had to face a series of invasions, could create a lot of strain and made it more difficult for the Romans to defend the European area of their empire.

The Visigoths (Goths of the east) asked the Romans to allow them to settle in the lower Danube area of the Roman Empire to escape the invasion of eastern Europe by the Huns. The emperor Valens granted this in 386. However,at times there were conflicts between the Romans and the Visigoths. This became particualry bad under the Alaric, a king of the Visigoths. He invaded Italy when the Goths were dissatisfied with the Romans. He was defeated by Stilicho, the general of the Roman army, who then made a political agreement with Alaric. However, Stilicho was executed due to false accusations by political rivals. Following this Alaric made demands which the emperor Honorius tuned down. Alaric then invaded Italy and besieged Rome three times. On the third occasion, in 410, he also sacked the city. Soon after this Alaric died and the conflict ended.

To counter Alaric's first invasion of Italy, Stilicho had to redeploy some Roman troops from Gaul to Italy. It is thought that this made it easier for the Vandals, Alans and Sueves to invade Gaul while this conflict was going on. The Romans were not capable to respond to these invasions, which were the beginning of the process which led to the fall of the western part of the Romans Empire

the country in the middle would have to be Iraq because its the only country showing in the middle...

Go to your nearest Iranian embassy and apply for an entry visa. Also note: there is no Iranian embassy in the US, which does not have diplomatic relations with Iran. But then, I don't actually know what country you live in.

it is dominantly Shiite

el ave nacional es la cacatua roja asesina

North Eastern

not all of them. some of Iranians are shiites and some of them are sunnis. besides some of sunis are not Iranians and some of the shiites are not iranian.

However, the overwhelming majority of Iranians are Shiites.

Iran has 4 major seasons.

UK and USSR in 1941.