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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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Why does Iran want to close the straight of hormuz?
Un sanctions plus additional sanctions by the US preventing iran trading it's oil. Meanwhile those imposing these sanctions think that they can ship oil from other oil producing countries thru the strait of hormuz which is Iran's territorial waters. Iran has every right to close it! Any other nation would retaliate the same way.
What religious leaders did the Persians follow?
They allowed all the peoples under their control to continue their usual religious practices.
Why why was the Reagan Administration sale of weapons to Iran damaging for Ronald Reagan's image?
The u.s. illegally used the money from the sales to fund Nicaraguan rebels
How do the people in Iran adapt to the physical environment?
they can interact with their environment, but only if they are religious people or actually care about their environment.
When did the Persians destroy th acropolis?
It stood mainly intact until the 16th Century when, during the Venetian attack on athens, an wonderful French artillery officer with the Venetians demonstrated his skill by lobbing a shel into the roof of the Parthenon. It his a Turkish gunpowder magazine inside and blew up the roof.
In the early 19th Century, visiting Lord Elgin paid Turkish officials to let him take the marble statues which had fallen on the ground home with him to England, which saved many of them from the fate of those left behind.
In the 20th Century the Greek government ignored the buildings and the acid rains caused by rampant pollution ate away the remaining statues, which lost their faces. Following international outcry, these were hidden away in a warehouse and replaced by copies of the ones in England taken by Lord Elgin. The cries by Greece for return of the Elgin marbles should be looked at in this context - the Greeks call for return of their heritage, but what remains intact is a result of their removal in the bad old days.
What radical Islamic revolution occurred in which country in 1979?
It was the revolution in Iran in year 1979 against the reign of Shah Iran Reda Bahalwi. Accordingly, the Islamic Republic in Iran was established.
the establishment of Shīʿite Islam as the state religion of Iran was a major factor in the emergence of a unified national consciousness among the various ethnic and linguistic elements of the country in the safavid dynasty.besides,the population of shiite begin to develop.
Is Iran going to bomb America?
The main factor to be considered is if Iran starts to trade in a different currency and also how threatening their presence becomes to Israel..
If they are going to attack, I think 2008 will definitely be the year. There are too many facts the current U.S administration needs to consider... At this time its all bluff and war games and political muscle being tensed.. Also if you compare Iran to Iraq.. there are huge differences as you can see in population and total Area. So attacking Iran is definitely not an easy option.. The current U.S administration is losing popularity twice as fast as any other Middle Eastern or communist country.. So gaining support will be extremely crucial in countering Iran's growing power in the region.. facts speak for themselves.
Iran total Area: 1,648,195, km²
Population: 70,472,846³ (2006 est.)
$610 billion (2006)
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Iraq total Area: 438,317 km² (2006 est.)
Population: 26,783,3834
GDP (2006) $89.8 Billion
Does Iran have a s nuclear weapons?
Not officially. Everybody knows they are enriching uranium, they have hundreds if not thousands of enriching centerfuges operating at full capacity 24/7. Nobody knows how fast they are enriching it or how advanced their technology is. US government believes they will be at bomb creation capacity sometime from 2010 to 2015. But the US also said their were gonna be WMDs in Iraq.....
How did the Spartans lead that helped the Athenians defeat the Persians?
When Xerxes's army invaded Greece, the army had to go through a mountain pass called Thermopylae. The Greek army consisted of 4,000 soldiers.
For seven days, the Greeks held back the Persians, and the last three of those days were full on battle. However, a Greek traitor told the Persians of a way to pass around the Greeks. When King Leonidas of Sparta, who was the leader of the Greek army, found out that they were to be surrounded, he dismissed most of the army, remaining to defend the pass with only 300 Spartans, 400 Thebans, and 700 Thespians, and perhaps a few hundred others. Nearly all of those who stayed back were killed by the Persian army, but they helped to delay the Persian army and give the retreating Greeks enough time to escape.
Whether the actions of Leonidas and the Spartans helped in Athens's final victory at Salamis I don't know, but he and his brave army did save the lives of thousands of Greeks.
What do you call the people living in Iran?
Iranians or Persians.
Note: Iranian is a national term, that is to say what passport a person holds would be Iranian. Persian is an ethnic term and refers to the dominant ethnicity in Iran. (The equivalent in the United States would be American and White respectively.) There are numerous Iranians who are not Persians such as the Azeri, the Awaji Arabs, the Turcomans, the Qashqai and others. (The United States equivalent would be African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans, etc.)
What was the difference between the Assyrians and the Persians?
The Persians treated other well. They could keep their own language and religion and the Assyrians were very cruel to defeated peoples..
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World History....What is the namefor Iranian money?
The Iranian currency is the Rial, but Iranians will typically speak in terms of Toman where a Toman = 10 Rial.
Is the United states allies with Iran?
Iran doesn't get along with US and vise versa since the Iranian reveletion in 1979. Iran calls US the big Satan and US sees Iran as a threat.
Who was the Athenian general that came up with a plan to fight the Persians?
In the decisive battle of Salamis 480 BCE, the Greek side was commanded by the Spartan admiral Eurybiades.
What is the telephone country code for Iran?
Iran is country code +98.
You must drop the trunk prefix '0' from the beginning of the Iranian number when calling from other countries. For example, Tehran's area code 021 becomes +98 21.
Mobile numbers begin with +98 9.
(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)
How were the Persians and Phoenicians alike?
They lived at about the same time periods, but were otherwise dissimilar - the Phoenicians were mainly sea-raders in the Mediterranean Sea, the Sumerians were mainly farmers in the Tigris and Euphrates River basins.
When the US did not return former Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1979, the American embassy in Iran was attacked and several of its members were taken hostage for 444 days. This has been termed the "Iran Hostage Crisis."
Who took over when the shah of Iran lost power?
The ayatollah took over after shah of iran lost power.
New York was once New Netherland. In1664, the Duke of York seized the colony for England from the Dutch. As to founding, the best year to use is 1613. That is when the Fortuyn under Captain Hendrick Christiansen landed. Juan "Jan" Rodriguez was already established there as a trapper and trader so the the date works for whoever you select as the founder.
Where is the Iranian desert located?
no such thing I'm looking for it too and there is such a thing because I have just been taught about it at school! If you are ignorant do not answer questions!
Who gained control of Iran after the shah was overthrown?
After Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi left on January 16, 1979, control of the government fell to his Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar, who continued to rule until February 11, 1979. Iran was then ruled by an interim government headed by Mehdi Bazargan as Prime Minister until his resignation on November 6, 1979 in protest of the attack on the US Embassy (which he believed were brutish actions unbefitting of Iranians). With Bazargan's resignation, the Islamists led by Ruhollah Khomeini swept into power and began to rule the country.
