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  Iran - Wikinfo
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in the Middle East, in the southwest of Asia.
Iran's economy is a mixture of central planning, state ownership of oil and other large enterprises, village agriculture, and small-scale private trading and service ventures.
Iran's population size increased dramatically in the latter part of the 20th century.
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 iran   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia that until 1935 was referred to in the West as Persia.
In 1953, Iran's prime minister Mohammed Mossadeq, who had been elected to parliament in 1923 and again in 1944, and who had been prime minister since 1951, was removed from power in a complex plot orchestrated by British and US intelligence agencies ("Operation Ajax").
Iran is considered to be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "Cradle of Humanity"
www.findthelinks.com /countries/iran.htm   (1214 words)

  
  Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Iran's makeup has several intricately connected governing bodies, some of which are democratically elected and some of which operate by co-opting people based on their religious inclinations.
According to the Constitution, the Supreme Leader of Iran is responsible for the delineation and supervision of "the general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran." In the absence of a single leader, a council of religious leaders is appointed.
Iran is also hoping to attract billions of dollars worth of foreign investment by creating a more favorable investment climate, such as reduced restrictions and duties on imports and the creation of free-trade zones like in Chabahar and the island of Kish.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iran   (3282 words)

  
 Iran
Iran was a monarchy ruled by a shah, or king, from 1501 until 1979, when a yearlong popular revolution led by the Shia clergy culminated in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of an Islamic republic.
Iran’s agricultural sector contributed 19 percent of the GDP in 2000 and employed 23 percent (1996) of the labor force.
Reza Shah Pahlavi was shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941.
www.arab-world-information.com /iran.htm   (11640 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Communications in Iran   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Iran traces its national origin to Persia, derived from Persis, the ancient Greek name for Iran, that emerged in the 6th century BC under the Achaemenid dynasty as a vast empire that controlled an area from northwestern India to Greece.
According to Iran's Constitution, the Supreme Leader of Iran is responsible for the delineation and supervision of "the general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran." In the absence of a single leader, a council of religious leaders is appointed.
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Communications-in-Iran   (412 words)

  
 Iran Travel Guide and Iran Travel Information - TravelPuppy.com
Western visitors have been the target of kidnaps by armed gangs in south east Iran.
Situated in the Middle East, Iran is bounded by Turkmenistan and the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Gulf of Oman, Iraq and Turkey.
Iran's middle and eastern region is mainly barren desert with mountainous areas in the west.
travelpuppy.com /iran   (360 words)

  
 Heard the one about the president? | Iran | Guardian Unlimited
Insulting the supreme leader - or the prophets - is a jailing offence in devoutly religious Iran.
Wary of modern communications as a means of spreading political dissent, Iran is second only to China in the number of websites it filters - using technology made in America.
The communications minister said text messages were kept by the government for six months and that messages sent by those on board in the moments before the crash could be used to investigate its causes.
www.guardian.co.uk /iran/story/0,,1753857,00.html   (733 words)

  
 Internet Filtering in Iran in 2004-2005: A Country Study
Iran, along with China, is among a small group of states with the most sophisticated state-mandated filtering systems in the world.
Iran's system of media controls operates within a framework that creates the appearance of the rule of law: though arrests are politically motivated at times, and trials may be conducted in secret, the forms of legal process are generally followed even if their substance is lacking.
Iran's Press Law, ratified on March 19, 1986, explains that the mission of the press is to enlighten public opinion, advance the objectives of Iran, counteract internal division among citizens, propagate Islamic culture and principles, and reject "manifestations of imperialistic culture" as well as foreign politics and economic policies.
www.opennetinitiative.net /studies/iran   (10321 words)

  
 Iran - Transport and communications during the Pahlavi Era   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Iran's first four development plans (1948-73) all gave priority to expanding and improving the communications sector, and by the beginning of the Fifth Plan the sector could adequately meet the country's transportion needs.
Air transport in Iran in fact dates back to the early 1930's, when Reza Shah established a national airline that ran passenger and mail services in Iran and to neighbouring countries, using "Dragon Rapides." World War II put an end to the development of civil aviation, but after the war two privately-owned airlines were established.
Iran Air was the top 50 airline in the world, and grew faster than any other IATA member, particularly in the seventies, a period of stagnatiof for most international airlines.
www.sedona.net /pahlavi/transpor.html   (1190 words)

  
 National Security and the Internet in the Persian Gulf: Iran   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This friendship was not without cost, however, as the relationship between the United States and Iran continued to grow in importance to American national security with the emergence of a hostile and apparently expansionist Soviet Union and regional oil reserves in the second half of this century.
Thus was Iran’s continued support for American policy in the region so important to the United States that great lengths were taken to accommodate the Shah, especially in supporting his military and internal security apparatus.
Some members of both the scientific and religious communities view the Internet as a vehicle for publishing their own findings and points of view, which is also important to cultural authorities.
www.georgetown.edu /research/arabtech/pgi98-4.html   (6341 words)

  
 Iran Seeing Satellite Services Growth Despite Obstacles
Enteshariun said the government this summer partially deregulated the market to provide satellite-delivered communications to Iran’s 16,000 banks, only 1,000 of which are connected.
Communication Systems Ltd. (Comsys) of St. Albans, England, reports in its annual survey, "The VSAT Report 2003," on satellite ground-terminal sales to businesses and consumers, that Africa and the Middle East are among the world’s most active markets in terms of rising demand.
Ali Akbar Moussavi Khoeini, vice president of the Communications Committee of Iran’s parliament, or Majlis, said the Tehran government’s National Development Plan is aimed in part at breaking TCI’s monopoly.
www.space.com /spacenews/archive03/iranarch_110603.html   (638 words)

  
 Iran Daily   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On the possibility of having Iran's dossier sent to the UN Security Council, he said he saw no reason for that because Iran is acting within the framework of IAEA regulations.
The ICRC is determined to expand the scope of its activities in the Islamic Republic and to this end is "in the process of building relations with different strata of the civil society, and military and government organizations," he said.
Bilateral relations and Iran's views on cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency will be among the topics of discussions between Kharrazi and Crown Prince Abdullah, according to the source.
www.iran-daily.com /1383/2122/html/national.htm   (1955 words)

  
 Iran - Communications Space Activities   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The telecommunication network in the Islamic Republic of Iran is essentially based on a microwave backbone with reasonable coverage in the well-populated provinces.
It is believed that satellite communication is a suitable solution for rural locations that are far from terrestrial telecommunication links or are facing barriers or technical problems.
In this regard, TCI is planning to provide communication services for 2,000 rural locations and to 500 private users with satellite communications systems in the near future.
www.globalsecurity.org /space/world/iran/comm.htm   (700 words)

  
 Iran ALmanac - News Head Lines   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Iran's government spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh said on Monday Majlis refusal to give a vote of confidence to President Mohammad Khatami's Ministerial nominee for the Roads and Transportation portfolio paralyzed the cabinet....
Iran's President Mohammad Khatami on Sunday proposed a budget bill that sought to wean his government off its dependence on oil and take more revenues from taxation in the year to March 2006....
Iran's hardline judiciary has threatened legal action against those who alleged that detained journalists and Internet writers were abused to extract confessions and apologies....
www.iranalmanac.com /News/List.asp?ID=1/11/2005&Archive=Ok   (439 words)

  
 Iran (Harpers.org)
Iran's supreme ayatollah pardoned a liberal member of parliament who was convicted of “insulting the judiciary.” A Nigerian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery will have to wait two months for her appeal to be heard while the judges make their annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
Protests continued in Iran against the death sentence of a reformist scholar, who was also sentenced to 8 years in prison, 74 lashes, and a 10-year ban from teaching for saying that Muslims should not blindly follow religious leaders like monkeys.
Iran abolished stoning as a punishment for female adulterers, and 47 Iranian video dealers were sentenced to be lashed for renting obscene films.
www.harpers.org /Iran.html   (3305 words)

  
 Iran's Security Dilemma
Iran's assertion that it wants nuclear technology only to produce electricity and other civilian services offers the easiest path to a resolution.
The Administration also demands that Iran cease all support of terrorist activities and organizations, and stop interfering in what is left of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Iran will not face military threats to deter if it does not acquire weapons of mass destruction and abet terrorism.
yaleglobal.yale.edu /display.article?id=2686   (1264 words)

  
 National Iranian American Council - NIAC - Washington DC   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Although he began his statement by identifying Iran as a problem for US foreign policy for the last twenty-five years, he also stated that "Iran is now at a pivotal moment in its history-domestically, in the region, and in its relations with the US".
Picco spoke of the letter written by 127 members of Iran's Majlis at the end of May that gave the religious leaders the option to continue their dictatorship or choose to institute the rules of democracy.
His commentary on Iran began with a strong statement that "the Iranian regime must change, and it will change." Tehran is "out of touch with reality," he explained, while at the same time arguing that the US should initiate a communication with Iran.
www.niacouncil.org /pressreleases/press099.asp   (1438 words)

  
 Communications in Iran information - Search.com
This a list of communication means in the country of Iran.
The Internet has become an expanding means to accessing information and self-expression among the younger population.
Iran is also the fourth largest country of bloggers.
domainhelp.search.com /reference/Communications_in_Iran   (198 words)

  
 DEBKAfile - DEBKAfile Exclusive: American electronic warfare experts in Israel to find out how Hizballah’s Iranian ...
The Israeli EW systems’ failure to block Hizballah’s command and communications and the links between the Lebanese command and the Syria-based Iranian headquarters.
DEBKAfile’s military sources add: Both intelligence services underestimated the tremendous effort Iran invested in state of the art electronic warfare gadgetry designed to disable American military operations in Iraq and IDF functions in Israel and Lebanon.
Israel’s electronic warfare units were taken by surprise by the sophisticated protective mechanisms attached to Hizballah’s communications networks, which were discovered to be connected by optical fibers which are not susceptible to electronic jamming.
www.debka.com /headline.php?hid=3166   (385 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: Communications in iran   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 THE INTERNET IN REVOLUTIONARY IRAN   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The audiotapes both encouraged the propagation of the Shi‘a ideology that was the backbone of the revolutionary spirit during that era, and they assisted political activists on the grassroots level, as young Iranians listened, recorded, and disseminated the tapes to their fellow revolutionaries to encourage dissent against the Shah’s regime.
Recently, most of the conflict in Iran has largely been due to this complex system of political and religious co-existence that has led to deeper problems as the two spheres of governance continue to redefine their political positions within the state apparatus and, more importantly, on the constitutional level.
What the development of the internet in Iran demonstrates is the way in which diverse oppositional groups, non-governmental organizations and civic associations can participate in a struggle against the state by entering a virtual space of cyber interaction.
meria.idc.ac.il /journal/2003/issue3/jv7n3a7.html   (5719 words)

  
 Communications in Iran - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Communications in Iran - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Communications in Iran contains research on
Communications in Iran, Telephone, Domestic, International, Other statistics, Radio, Television, Other, Communications by country and Communications in Iran.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Communications_in_Iran   (154 words)

  
 NSA, Crypto AG, and the Iraq-Iran Conflict
Iran demonstrated its suspicion about the source of the leaks, when it arrested Hans Buehler, a top salesman for Crypto AG, in Teheran on March 18, 1992.
Those who knew where to look could monitor the encrypted communication, then extract the decryption key that was also part of the transmission, and recover the plain text message.
Answers to this question are currently being sought in a lawsuit against NSA in New Mexico, which has asked to see "all Iranian messages and translations between January 1, 1980 and June 10, 1996".
www.aci.net /kalliste/speccoll.htm   (1414 words)

  
 Pentagon Sets Sights on a New Tehran Regime
Members of the Bush administration have been quoted in the US press as saying that recent terrorist bombings in Saudi Arabia were coordinated by the cell in Iran and that communications about the attack were traced back to the country.
Among the Qaida leaders alleged to be in Iran is Saif al-Adel, from Egypt.
Iran has repeatedly denied the accusation and called on Washington to share its evidence.
www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0524-02.htm   (788 words)

  
 UK Gay News - Iran’s Anti-Gay Purge Grows – Reports of New Gay Executions
Since both this non-Farsi-speaking reporter’s communications with Iran, and those of OutRage, were in English, there may have been a language problem explaining the contradictions between the differing reports received from the Iranian gay ‘zine‘s editors, whose English is far from perfect.
The following day Iran Focus reported, “Iran’s clergy-dominated Supreme Court has given the green light for the hanging of a 16-year-old schoolboy in Tehran, a state-owned daily reported on Wednesday.
Iran is signatory to two international treaties by which it pledges not to execute minors.
www.ukgaynews.org.uk /Archive/2005aug/2601.htm   (640 words)

  
 The Iranian Times
opposition to iran being used as a route to export caspian oil by warning there will be problems with costs without iranian involvement.
group suggested wednesday that iran must be involved in the development of solutions for oil exports from the land-locked states, according to reuters...
DUBAI, May 4 (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday issued a tender for foreign energy companies to develop phases six, seven and eight of the giant South Pars offshore gas field under one of the country's so-called buy-back investment programmes.
www.iranian.com /Times/1999/Maya/Maku/business.html   (789 words)

  
 3/10/06 - General Wesley Clark on the Ed Schultz Show | WesPAC
I think the United States should talk directly to Iran, and I think that we need to find some way to have a dialog on the broader issues that are impacting on Iran.
This administration's afraid it'll be branded as soft or something if it talks to Iran, I suppose, but- and people remember the impossible embarrassment that could come as it came in the Reagan administration over Iran-Contra.
But the truth is that Iran is a very powerful country in the region, and it's in our interest to have a dialog with them, even if we don't agree with them.
www.securingamerica.com /node/720   (1838 words)

  
 World mobilises after Iran quake   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dozens of countries dispatched doctors, rescue workers with sniffer dogs and medical supplies to Iran, to help in the aftermath of the earthquake that is feared to have killed up to 70,000 people and left tens of thousands wounded or homeless.
Rescue teams from several dozen countries had started arriving at the quake scene in the devastated ancient city of Bam, the United Nations announced, and a large UN cargo aircraft carrying aid equipment was due to leave on Sunday.
Iran said it would accept aid from all foreign countries except Israel following the quake - the world's most serious since 25,000 people were killed in the western Indian state of Gujarat in 2001.
www.theage.com.au - !http: //www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/28/1072546398969.html   (454 words)

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