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Both. Shiites are primarily concentrated in Iran and the southeast of Iraq. In both countries, they constitute a majority of the country's inhabitants, although Iran's majority is larger both in number and percentage,

He is called Baba Noel in Farsi, which is the national language of Iran.

The Persians are known about their great history that goes as back as 3000 BCE. Their peak in history were the Persian - Greek wars of 490 and 480 BCE when they invaded Greece in their atempt to expand to the west. Their decline was during the Greco-Persian wars of 333 BCE when Alexander III King of Makedon and Greeks invaded Persia and defeated the Achaemenid Persian Emprire.

Abhar River Aji River Aras River Atrek River Bahu Kalat River Diyala River Halil River Haraz River Karkheh River Karun Koohrang Qom Sefid River Shatt al-Arab Zab River Zangmar River Zayandeh River

the persians strenthen their empire by being under attack alot they became so strong they cauld almost beat the athalots

The "leaders" of local and national governments are "selected" by elections, in which all citizens vote.

That includes male, female, land owners, and non-landowners, of any religion and ethnic background. None of these factors is a 'test' or requirement for citizenship.

The structure of Israel's national government is similar to the national governments of Canada, Australia, Japan, the UK, and others. (But not the USA.) The most similar governments to Israel are those of Germany and New Zealand in terms of how parties are organized and how parliamentary coalitions are formed.

One important way the Persians controlled their empire was through delegation. After a territory or country was conquered, the Persian king would set up an authority of that country who would rule semi-independently but differ to the Persian king.

The deserts of Iran are the Dasht-e Kavir and the Dasht-e Lut.

Iran is considered a strong developing country and is a member of the Developing 8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, so it would be considered a third world country under the current understanding of the term.

Iran is among the top 20 richest countries in the world (having the 18th largest GDP in 2010). Iran is fully industrialized, and self-sufficient in most areas of production, such as automobiles, being the 12th largest automobile producer in the world, producing more than 1,000,000 in 2008, and exporting them to many surrounding countries in the Middle East and Asia. Iran also produces military equipment, fighter jets (Azarakhsh and Saegheh), passenger planes (see IrAn-140), consumer goods and appliances, shipbuilding, computer technology, petrochemicals, and refined gasoline. It has the 4th largest oil reserves in the world and has a large refining capacity with is increasing by the day as new oil refineries are completed.

In military terms, Iran has the 7th largest standing army (2,000,000 men and women) and the 5th largest cache of missiles. Iran may have the 5th most powerful army in the world, although such a estimate can be subject to bias of either side.

Iran is one of eight countries to launch satellites into outer space with their own launch vehicle (yes, outer space, see Iranian Space Agency). They aim to have a spacewalk by 2017.

Iran is also one of the leading nations in stem-cell research as of 2011.

Not to mention it has major advancements in nuclear technology.

However, the enemies of Iran (US, Israel, Europe) want to portray Iran as a nation of backward, ignorant savages. However, Iran is a nation with dignity, wealth, and technology.

they go deep into the ground and start drilling to receive the oil.

Petroleum was found in Iran, especially in the province of Khuzestan.

A theocracy is a government controlled by religious leaders. A republic is a state that has got rid of its Monarch. Iran is both of these.

However, historical experience teaches the world that theocracies are in general not very nice places to live in - when people think that they have divine guidance they tend to do terrible things.

The Macedonian King who conquered the Persians after three major battles was Alexander the Great. Alexander was the son of King Philip II who united Greece under Macedonian hegemony and was planning on invading the Persian Empire (in order to free the Greeks of asia minor who were being harassed and persecuted by the Persians) but was assassinated before he could invade, passing the responsibility on to his young son, Alexander.

The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.

Soccer. There, it is called Football. Wrestling, weightlifting, and taekwondo are also very popular. Iranians also have a physical tradition called Zur Khuneh, where people display their strength through actions such as throwing very heavy clubs high into the air and catching them or spinning at an extremely fast speed.

The capital city of Iran (formerly known as Persia) is Tehran.

US has not sold arm directly to Iran since the revolution in 1979. All the American arms that Iran has right now have remained from the old days (Shah's time) or Iran has bought them from the black market.

The Babylonians were a people who established an empire in the Middle East. The Persians were a tribe to the east in today's Iran, who established an empire by defeating Medes and used the combined strength to take over the Babylonian Empire.

Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman (exclave of Musandam), Iraq, and Iran all border the Persian Gulf.

The Iranian Army, must be big, because they won a war against Iraq when Sadaam Hussein ruled Iraq and then literally tried to take over Iran with no reason at all. The Iranian army, not improved like the united states, is very powerful because of its nuclear power. the equipment that the use the most is miniguns, sniper rifles, assualt rifles. Dont Believe me, go to the Related Link below.

The Elburz Mountains which extend along the northern part of Iran and the Zagros Mountains which extend along the western part of Iran. ;)

I know this because we are studying the Middle East in Geography now.