Iran

Persian carpets

The Persian War 499-449 BCE ended with a settlement where the Persians agreed with the anti-Persian Delian League to stay away from Greek city-states in the eastern Mediterranean littoral.

The Persians had revenge when they helped the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta to defeat the empire Athens had turned the Delian League into.

The Greek inter-city wars continued on unabated, and Persia re-established control over the Asian-Greek cities again as the mainland Greek cities were too busy fighting amongst themselves to worry about them.

The Persian royalty intermarried with female relatives to avoid having challenges of succession, the Greeks had no royalty so it was irrelevant.

The Safavid Empire declined so quickly after the death of Shah Abbas I. Shahs that followed were never as disciplined as Abbas.

Asia

Not at all.

Iranians live with their parents until they get married, therefore they respect their parents' opinion a lot. However, this does NOT mean that parents make the decision for their marriages.

The traditional way that people find their mate is through some similar ways in American culture, such as blind date, and being set up with friends, relatives, and even families. Being set up by families is so common, and perhaps that is the reason of confusing it with arranged marriage. The persons spend some months to talk and being familiar with each other to make the decision.

The modern way of finding mates is through meeting at college or work place. Also, many young people make friends (boy friend and girl friend) and spent time on dating. However, this dating as friends is not accepted by religious persons.

So, Iranians have the choice to decide who is going to be their mate. Although, there might be some rare cases in rural places that have arranged marriage.

Iran has 33,352,625 males and 32,522,598 females.

Cyprus 450 BCE.

7670 Miles

You can take a plane to Tehran. there are straight flights from Tehran to Sirjan. you can also get from Tehran to Sirjan by daily trains or buses.

Iran - 1,648,195 km2

Kurds

The Persians invaded Armenia, Syria and the Roman territories in Mesopotamia (Iraq) several times in the course of the many wars between the Romans and the Persians over these territories. The Romans also carried out invasions of Persia during these wars. During one of these invasions the Persians captured a Roman Emperor, Valerian. The many wars with Persia were one of the factors which weakened the Roman Empire in its later days. In the end the Romans gave up part of Armenia to achieve peace.

In 114-115 the Roman emperor Trajan conquered Armenia and Mesopotamia (Iraq), taking these regions from the Parthian Empire (the third of the four pre-Islamic Persian empires). His successor Hadrian gave these conquered territories back to the Persians because he deemed them indefensible and because he wanted peace. Under the reign of Lucius Verus, co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius, there was the Roman-Parthian War of 161-166. The Parthians defeated the Romans in Armenia. The Romans retook Armenia, invaded Mesopotamia and sacked Ctesiphon, the Persian capital, but had to withdraw due to an epidemic. In 165-97 the emperor Septimius Severus seized northern Mesopotamia and sacked Ctesiphon. Caracalla fought a successful campaign against the Parthians, but when he was assassinated his successor was defeated. This was the last Roman-Parthian war. The Parthian Empire was succeeded by the Sassanid Empire, the last of the four pre-Islamic Persian empires.

In 230 The First Sassanid, emperor, Ardashir, raided Mesopotamia and Syria and demanded that these territories be given to him. The Roman emperor Alexander Severus pushed him back in 232. Ardashir attacked again in 238-240 and captured several cities in Mesopotamia and Syria. His successor, Shapur I invaded Mesopotamia, killed its king and defeated the Romans in a battle in 243. He was defeated in 244 and the emperor Giordan III advanced on Ctesiphon but was defeated near this city and was killed. His successor, Phillip the Arab made a peace treaty. However, soon after this, in 253, Shapur I invaded Armenia, defeated the Romans and sacked the major city of Antioch in Syria. In 258 he defeated the emperor Valerian and captured him. He pushed into what is now Turkey but was defeated by the Romans. He was forced to surrender Antioch and Armenia and to withdraw from all Roman territories by Odaenathus of Palmyra, an ally of the Romans in Syria.

In 283 the emperor Carus invaded Persia and sacked Ctesiphon. He could not extend his conquest because he died. During the reign of Diocletian the Persians invaded Armenia, but his co-emperor, Galerius, defeated them in 298 and captured the Persian emperor's treasury and harem. The Romans pushed further into northern Mesopotamia. In 299 Shapur II conducted unsuccessful campaigns. He failed in a siege of a city and two cites he captured were retaken by the Romans. He seized a city in 359. The emperor Julian counterattacked and won a battle at Ctesiphon, but failed to capture the Persian capital. He was killed in a skirmish while he was withdrawing from Persia. His successor, Jovian, made peace and surrendered Roman territory in Mesopotamia east of the river Tigris. Shapur II conquered Armenia. In 384 or 387 a peace treaty between Theodosius I and Shapur III divided Armenia into two states. This peace lasted because both empires suffered attacks on their frontiers.

The Iran hostages were freed on January 20, 1981, the day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President of the United States. The release followed prolonged negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, which were influenced by various factors, including the changing political landscape after the fall of the Shah and the onset of the Iran-Iraq War. The hostages had been held for 444 days at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The timing of their release was seen as a significant moment in U.S.-Iran relations.

No. The Iranian Rial is hurting because of the various sanctions. It is very unstable.

The Israeli people and Iranian people are actually rather similar. They both are very cultured with a "European" disposition. They like to read and write, have on-average a high degree of commerce and education, and a strong feeling of a national historic narrative.

The governments and social organization of Israel and Iran, though, could not be more different. Israel is a secular Parliamentary Democracy, where all citizens, including minorities, have the right to vote for the political party that will best represent them. The governing authority forms through various coalitions of different parties which between them select a Prime Minister. Israel protects most basic freedoms such as freedom of speech, freedom from unwarranted searches and seizures, personal freedom (permission of homosexuality and abortions), trial by jury, and numerous other rights. Iran is an Islamic Republic which means that while it has a legislature, its power is strongly circumscribed by an unelected judiciary: the Supreme Council of Ayatollahs. These religious leaders have prevented basic civil rights by repressing minorities, banning freedom of speech and assembly, and executing individuals for violations of Islamic Law. They also have a veto over the candidacy of any politician running for office, meaning that they can effectively prevent any politician who wishes to push Iran in a different direction than they do. Iran has become increasingly religious and apocalyptic in its world view.

Iraq

Ferociously.

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Reza Kahn arrived in Teheran on February 22, commanding of an army of 4,000 troops. His forces toppled the government and he became the new leader of Persia. His government renounced its agreement with the British. Reza Khan then entered into an agreement with the Soviets that called for the Soviets to withdraw from Persia and allowed Persia to abrogate all concessions. In 1925 Reza Khan became Reza Shah Pahlavi. He followed a policy of modernization and development in Persia

Iran

turkey & Iran

Yes. All Middle East countries are part of Asia.

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Nothing. Iran used to be called Persia until after World War 1.