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Iran
Iran is a republic country situated in Central Eurasia and Western Asia with an estimated population of 76.9 million as of 2010. It is the 18th largest country in the world with a total land area of 1,648,195 sq km.
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Despite International Women's Day celebrations today, women in Iran still struggle for basic rights. The country's conservative authorities forbid women from simple activities such as watching the World Cup qualifying soccer game live in a stadium. More prominent are restrictions on their legal and civil rights. Women in Iran can inherit only half as much of their parents' wealth as their brothers. Their husbands can marry more than one woman, and automatically get custody of children after a divorce. Women can be jailed or hanged for defying the dress code, and they can be stoned to death for adultery. Since the 1979 overthrow of the Shah, the fundamentalist governments dominated by clerics have stressed the traditional role of women and restricted their civil rights and participation in political activities. The changes of women's conditions are very minor, only about surface things. But the limitations on basic rights and the legislation infrastructure haven't been changed at all Iranian women are better-educated and more politically sophisticated than many of their Muslim neighbors. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization reports that the literacy rate of Iranian women is 70 percent, compared with an average 46.2 percent in the Middle East. A large number of Iranian women hold professional jobs in journalism, medicine or law, or become human-rights activists. Up to 70 percent of university students in Iran are female.
Did the Ayatollah Khomeini rule Iraq during the 1980s and was he an ally of the US?
NO. Ayatollah Khomeini ruled IRAN in the 1980s and was a determined ENEMY of the United States.
Who is the king of iran who unified the medes and persians?
Cyrus the Great, who founded and ruled the Achaemenid Empire, was the one who unified the Medes and the Persians. He established his kingdom by uniting these two original Iranian Tribes.
What steps did Shah ABBAs take to achieve a strong unified Safavid State?
1. He moved the capital to Isfahan, encouraged trade with other land and reformed the administrative and military institutions of the empire.
Who came close to winning the Iraq-Iran war?
Neither side came close to winning; it was primarily a war of attrition. If the United Nations had not intervened, the war likely would have dragged on for another eight years. Iraq was losing funding, but Iraq likely would have turned to the United States for the funds that Gulf States would no longer lend him.
What did Mohammed Pahlavi die of?
The Shah returned to Egypt in March 1980, where he received urgent medical treatment but nevertheless died from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma on 27 July 1980, aged 60. Egyptian President Sadat gave the Shah a state funeral
Does the Azerbaijani part of Iran wish to secede from Iran and join with Azerbaijan?
hi. i am from france and i had a travel to iran two month ago. i went to state of azarbaijan in iran. i went to tabriz the capital of state. 95% of people was saying we dont wonna join to country of azarbaijan and we love iran. and i went to another city called ouroomiye and people of ouroomie was saying that too. so the people of azarbaijan in iran doesent want to join to country of azarbaijan.
How did you get the hostages back from the Iran hostage crisis?
13 women and blacks were released in November of 1979 and Richard Queen was released in July of 1980 due to his health issues. The rest of the hostages (52) were released on January 20, 1981 after being held hostage for 444 days.
People of Iran are called Iranians.... or an Irani for singular....
Iranians.
In 1906 was Iran ruled by a Shah?
Yes, this was during the rule of Mohammed Ali of the Qajjar Dynasty.
Would it be different if a Iranian took a picture then a white guy?
It would be a picture of something the Iranian liked, or was being paid to take a picture of, rather than something the white guy liked. Other than that, no.
What was one result of the greek victory against the persians?
They were able to get back to their usual occupation of fighting each other.
Was Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran Jewish?
No. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was a Shiite Muslim. Some have said, in an accusatory tone (and without evidence) that he was Jewish because he maintained good relations with the State of Israel. It is unfortunate than many in the Islamic World can not imagine that a Muslim of sound character could make peace with Jews.
Can you show me a map of how close Iran and Iraq are to Israel?
See the Related Link. At the bottom of the map is a scale you can use to figure out how far the countries are from each other.
How did the Iranian hostage crisis affect American opinion?
Apex: Americans became angry with President Jimmy Carter.
What was the status of religious minorities in the Safavid empire Mughal empire and Ottoman Empire?
Under which Muslim empire were people most likely to experience cultural and religious toleration? A. Mughal Empire B. Ottoman Empire C. Safavid Empire
Was Khomeini a British agent from British freemasonry and Freemason Moslem Brotherhood?
NO, he was not.
First, the Muslim Brotherhood is opposed to Freemasonry. Muslim Brothers have attacked and destroyed Masonic Lodges in Egypt and several other countries. Second, if Khomeini was a British agent, he was the worst kind of agent in that he toppled a pro-British regime and replaced it with a regime categorically opposed to all British interests. Khomeini was also opposed to Freemasons, effectively hunting them out of the country. Khomeini also opposed the Muslim Brotherhood since the latter was a Sunni Islamist organization as opposed to a Shiite Islamist organization; this led directly to the creation of Hezbollah to be a Shiite option in the Islamist Militant sphere.
