Iran

historian believe that shah Abbas period is most flourished time in this dynasty.In other word Shah Abbab had two accomplishments.one is the fornmality of shiite sect in the whole territory of the dynasty and other concerns with spreading of borders of Safavid dynast in term of goo policies .

in this period,shiism in the 10th/16th and 11th/17th century, ismail who was of the household of shaykh safi al-Din Ardaili(d.735/1334)a Sufi master and also a siite,begn a revolt in Ardabil,with three hundred Sufis who were disciples of his forefathers,with the aim of establishing an independent and powerful Shiite country. in this way,he begn the conquest of the Persia and overcme the local feudal princess.after the series of the bloody wars with ocal rulers and also the Ottomans who held the title of the caliph,he succeeded in forming Persia piece by piece into a country nd in making the shism the official religion in his kingdom.after the death of the Shah Ismail ,other Safavid kings reigned in Persia until the 12th/18th century and each continued to recognize shism as the official religion of the country and further to strengthen its hold upon this land.at the height of their power,during the reign of Shah Abbas,the Safavids were able to increase the territorial expansion and the population of Persia to twice its present size.as for other muslim lands.the Shiites popultions continued the same as before and increased only throough the natural growth of population

The Athenians were not at the battle of Thermopylae, but were aboard their warships - hey had sent their families for sanctuary in Peloponnesian cities. The Persians took over Athens and used it as a base while the Greek fleet assembled at Salamis, where it where it met and defeated the Persian fleet.

The majority of Iranians follow Shi'ite Islam.

it is not the middle east

Thermopole

Caspian Sea

The Persians first took over the Medes, and used the combined strength to takeover progressively Babylon, Assyria, then the Levant, Asia Minor and Central Asia.

The 52 American hostages, originally detained on November 4, 1979, were released to the United States on January 20, 1981. The release was announced just moments after the newly elected President, Ronald Reagan, took his official oath of office. It is not known whether the Iranians intentionally delayed the negotiations until Carter left office.

When the Persians conquered a city-state they let the conquered people keep their own belief system and religion so there were no revolts. This kept Persia peaceful. Also, the Persian people were very A-political meaning politics were not as important as living their own lives to the fullest. However in the Greco-Persian wars this led to their downfall because the Greeks government was a lot stronger. They also lost this war because the Persians were attacking and the Greeks had more to fight for, homeland, family, government, etc, while the Persians were ill trained due to the governments lack of magnitude. They were able to conquered so much in their prime because they had conquered many city states and had an amazing huge army.

No. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through Iraq.

The symbol on the Iranian flag means two things. It spells "Allah" (Al-llah, "the creator"), although it does demand some creativity in order to see this. Secondly, it represents the double-edged sword of Ali, a highly revered figure to Shiites. The "W" looking symbol over the middle of the symbol is called a "shadda" or "tashdid", which basically doubles the letter that is beneath it, or places extra emphasis on it. This allows for "Allah" to be spelled correctly, and also "doubles" the "blade" of Ali's sword.

Among opponents of Ayatollah Khomeini, there is also a sort of conspiracy theory that suggests he is actually a Sikh; Khomeini grew up in a province with a large Sikh minority, and the Sikh symbol does bear a significant resemblance to the symbol on Iran's flag. However, it is more likely he simply found the symbol aesthetically pleasing.

936 kilometres long.

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No. Iran has a unicameral legislature called the Majles. It has 290 members based on single member districts.

it was built with lots of love and care

it made us think their all terrorists

The Persian rule would best be described as trying to promote peace, security and prosperity.

Around 90% are Shi'a, which is a modified version of Islam.

The rest are "traditional" Muslims (Sunni).

It is important because it is a major body of water for ships to come through. In the middle east, a country by the name of Qantar (KAN-tahr) is a main source of oil and therefore is important to be accessible.

Yes. 90% of Iran population are shia Muslims and Iran is the most Important and leader country of Shia Muslims.

Muslims in world are near 80% sunni and near 20% shia. researchers have counted up to 260 sect for Islam that they all belong to categories Sunni and shia. the main category of Shia is 12 Imami shia and other sects of shia are nearly extincted.

there is at least 300,000,000 shia Muslims in world, but there is no clear stat. shias always have been controlled and killed during history and so usually they hide their beliefs. all 12 Imams of shia have been killed or spent their life in prison by Omayyads and Abbasids.

Shiites believe the 11th Imam is killed. Comments are hidden, and one day of the twelfthImam will appear. Only God knows the time of the Twelfth Imam.

Turkey is 302,535 square miles or 783,562 sq km

While the Sudan is 1,156,673 sq mi or 1,861,484 sq km

And that is just the latest version of the Sudan.

Today we have South Sudan too.

South Sudan is 248,776 sq mi or 644,329 sq km

The Sudan and South Sudan used to be one country, but only the Northern portion of the Sudan is larger than Turkey. South Sudan is smaller than Turkey.

Note that there are some boundary issues between these brother states which I am sure will be resolved peacefully.

Major ports by country:

Iraq: Basra, Umm Qasr

Kuwait: Kuwait City

Saudi Arabia: Jubail, Dammam

Bahrain: Manama

Qatar: Doha

United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras al-Khaima

Ronald Reagan

Not under the current leadership. A: I'll try to present both sides: For: The arguments for Iran developing a nuclear program are that Iran does not acknowledge the US's or Europe's arguments saying they shouldn't, and indicate that they feel they should be allowed to pursue an independent course of scientific study and power generation on their own. For the most part, Iran has stated they do not intend to create nuclear weaponry, but this is not always what they say. When they do discuss the development of a nuclear program, they indicate it's in Iran's best interest to do so, especially as a deterent from Western first strike. Against: The arguments against Iran developing a nuclear program are more numberous. First, Iran is basically a fundamentalist theocracy. While there are two parts of the Government, the religious and the secular or political, the religious has at times subscribed to the belief that Islam requires the destruction not only of the Zionist state, but of all the people in it as well. There have been occassional direct threats against Israel from Iran as well, and I've never seen even a statement that say this is not so. It bears noting that it's unlikely Iran will reach parity with Israel's nuclear arsenal (never admitted by Israel but regarded as a given by most intelligence groups), so the only strategy that would have a serious chance of success would likely invovle an interdictive first strike. Additionally, Iran, having a violent past in regional factional warfare (including Suni vs. Shi'ite), is thought to be a likely candidate to use nuclear arms in any case if they had them. Their strategic placement in a geographical sense could make for an increase in overall tension in the Middle East. It bears noting that Russia, arguably Iran's largest trading partner, made the offer to provide the uranium fuel for their nuclear plant, if Iran would desist from refining their own (this refining is what generates the fissile materials needed for weaponization), and Iran refused this compromise, without much of an explanation. Those opposed to Iran having a nuclear energy program (which at this point includes all the UN Security Council, all of the European Union, the US and Great Britain, among others) are concerned that such a move would provide Iran with Nuclear weapons, and that Iranian politics would make the use of nuclear first strike capability a likelihood. Please note that these comments are intended solely as reportage, and may or may not represent my own personal opinions.