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	Iran
		Iran is considered safe and secure for travellers, although it's best to keep abreast of world events that might have repercussions in Iran and to avoid political demonstrations and gatherings wherever possible.
		Iran (the name was officially adopted in 1934) was again neutral during WWII but Britain and Russia established spheres of influence there to shut out Germany.
		The Islamic Republic of Iran is bordered to the north by the states of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan (all formerly of the USSR) and the Caspian Sea; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan; to the south by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf; and to the west by Iraq and Turkey.
	www.poltskof.com /iran.htm (5458 words)

	Top20Iran.com - Your Top20 Guide to Iran!
		Iran traces its national origin to Persia, an empire that emerged in the 6th century BC under the Achaemenid dynasty.
		In 1953 Iran's prime minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, 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.top20iran.com (3120 words)

	List of holidays by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Religious holidays are observed according to the Julian calendar.
		On June 28, 1968, The United States Congress passed the Uniform Holidays Bill, which moved four holidays from their traditional dates to a specified Monday in order to create a convenient three-day weekend.
		For the holidays not observed on a specified Monday, when the date falls on a Saturday, it is observed the previous Friday, and when the date falls on a Sunday, it is observed the following Monday.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_holidays_by_country (1405 words)

	Iran: 2005 Calendar of Bank Holidays, Public Holidays, and National Holidays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This database of bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays can also be viewed sorted by date rather than by country.
		Some of the bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Iran are based on calendars whose determination is inherently approximate, as described in the footnotes below, which we strongly urge you to read.
		In addition, in many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by the local authorities and you are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Iran, before planning any trip to Iran.
	www.qppstudio.net /bankholidays20052006/iran.htm (723 words)

	Iran - Persia, Nowrooz, Customs, Culture, Holidays, History, Monuments, Resorts, Persepolos, Pars, Language, Persian, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		National or Historical Holidays: The first election in Iran after revolution, returning of the late Imam Khonmeini from exile, victory of the revolution and the nationalisation of the oil company are some of the historical holidays.
		Religious Holidays: In these holidays the birthday of a religious person (the Prophet Mohammed and Some of Imams), or a Religious event is honoured and celebrated such as the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad and the day he was sent on a mission as a Prophet.
		In these holidays mostly a religious event and some historical events, which are the remembrance of the death, martyrdom of a religious person or a historical personality, is honoured, lamented, mourned and remembered.
	www.homayoon.net /iran.html (498 words)

	biology - Iran
		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.
		The Judiciary of The Islamic Republic of Iran
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Iran (2206 words)

	iran country details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Today, Iran?s economy is a mixture of central planning, state ownership of oil and other large enterprises, village agriculture, and smallscale private trading and service ventures.
		The seventh century Arab-Muslim conquest of Iran was followed by conquests by the Seljuk Turks, the Mongols, and Tamerlane.
		Iran underwent a revival under the Safavid dynasty (1502-1736), the most prominent figure of which was Shah Abbas.
	www.ponl.com /topic/home_page/language_en/products_and_services/country_information/country_map/middle_east/iran/country_details (1222 words)

	Adibian Travel & Tours LTD. (About Iran)
		The religious holidays of Iran in a solar year vary from year to year.
		Owing to the climate variety of Iran, the interested athletes may do winter sports in northern parts of the country and at the same time fly to southern Iran and do summer sports such as water ski, swimming or diving on the beaches of Kish island.
		The famous foods of Iran are caviar and saffron, varieties of dates, dried fruits such as pistachio, walnut, and raisin.
	www.adibiantours.com /about_iran.htm (1032 words)

	Too many holidays paralyze the working system of the country: MPs
		It is because the country is totally paralyzed due to the high number of holidays and therefore the government should think of a proper solution to this problem, he noted.
		Mohammad Hossein Malayeri, who is a senior advisor at Iran's Strategic Studies Center told the daily that it is the duty of the government as well as the Parliament to devise a mechanism to curb the adverse effects of the holidays.
		Regarding the week-end holidays in Iran, the advisor said that the country's "officialdom should have thought up a remedy duiring the early days of the Islamic Revolution when the situation was more ripe for exercizing fundamental changes in the general modus operandi of the country."
	www.payvand.com /news/01/apr/1027.html (569 words)

	Iran punishing itself by delaying inspections - IAEA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Iran had pledged in October to suspend the enrichment of uranium as a confidence-building measure with the IAEA.
		ElBaradei said it was not good for the IAEA inspectors to change their schedules and "definitely inspections should not be dependent on holidays," as Iran claimed in putting off the inspection because of the Iranian New Year next week.
		Iran's ambassador to the IAEA Pirooz Hosseini said in Vienna last week that Tehran had not told all in October "because what we announced at that time was based on our obligations under the safeguard agreement" of the NPT.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040315005726.dep2az2l.html (738 words)

	Iran Marketing Consultants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After the collapse of the ex-USSR in 1991, Iran gained a more prominent position in the region, acting as a "bridge" that links the Middle Asian states in the north to the wealthy people south of the Persian Gulf who are both producers and consumers.
		Iran is cozily nestled in the middle of a market with 380 million consumers.
		In 1994 the population of Iran was about 60 millions of whom 35 millions lived in towns and 25 millions in rural areas.
	www.iranmarketing.com /iran.HTM (597 words)

	Iranian Alert - November 8, 2004 [EST]- IRAN LIVE THREAD - "Americans for Regime Change in Iran"
		An attack on Iran's nuclear facilities that are viewed by most Iranians as a symbol of national pride and technological progress would provide the Iranian mullahs the necessary justification to intensify their crackdown on dissidents and moderates, whom the hawks are likely to brand as agents of foreign powers.
		Iran is also believed to possess 25 to100 Shehab-3 ballistic missiles, displayed in a military parade marking the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war on September 22, 2003.
		Iran could launch dozens of these ballistic missiles in the direction of Israel; and U.S. targets in the region, over a long period, depending on the size of the Iranian arsenal, the desired severity of the counterattack, and the ability of U.S. forces to find and destroy their missile launchers.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/1274037/posts?page=3 (14917 words)

	IRAN YELLOW PAGES - Iranian infomation at your fingertip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For culture seekers, Iran has magnificent ruins of ancient cities, plus glorious mosques and mausoleums, and museums so interesting they're bound to leave your feet sore.
		National holidays follow the Persian solar calendar, and generally fall on the same day each year according to the western calendar.
		From the early 1920s, the city was extensively modernized on a grid system, and this period marked the start of phenomenal population growth and uncontrolled urban development that continues to this day.
	www.iranyellowpages.net /en/about_iran/Tourism/iran_overview/iran_overview1.shtm (944 words)

	Iran Daily
		Karimi-Rad stated that Ganji had been granted a five-day leave during Iran's Norouz holidays (between March 21 and April 1), where he "overstayed for nine days and then returned to prison".
		Ganji is serving a six-year jail term since January 2001 on a battery of charges, including for linking some of the country's top officials to a string of murders of Iranian intellectuals, which were blamed on rogue intelligence agents.
		Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi dismissed on Sunday a report that it bought equipment from Germany for its ballistic missile program, and complained that European restrictions were damaging trade with the Islamic Republic.
	www.iran-daily.com /1384/2258/html/national.htm (1413 words)

	Travelling to Iran - Holidays in Iran - Vacation in Iran - www.reiswijs.co.uk
		Iran is located in the Middle East, bounded to the north by the CIS and the Caspian Sea, the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and the west by Iraq and Turkey.
		The ancient nation of Iran was historically known to the West as Persia until March 21, 1935.
		It charts how Iran sought to respond to the challenge of the West through reform and revolution, and to reverse the deline of the previous century with an ambitious programme of development.
	reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/middleeast/iran/iran.html (2680 words)

	Persian holidays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Iran (formerly known as Persia) is an Islamic country.
		Traditionally, the fast is broken with a bowl of soup and a special salad (fattoush) but the evening breakfast ('iftar) is often an opportunity for revelling which may go on late into the night.
		In Iran (Shiah) the 17th of Rabi' I is The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad in stead of the 12th of Rabi' I! Determining the Persian (Shamsi) date of an Islamic event, festival, holiday or feast can be done by using the FirstIslamicDateInPersianYear and LastIslamicDateInPersianYear routines.
	www.angelfire.com /co4/couprie/calmath/events/persian (638 words)

	Holidays in Iran
		Shi'a holiday celebrating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein.
		Iran has an unusual official calendar, known as the
		Iran Hotels, Tehran Hotels, Shiraz Hotels, Mashhad Hotels, Isfahan Hotels, Kerman Hotels, Karaj Hotels, Zanjan Hotels and more...
	www.southtravels.com /middleeast/iran/holidays.html (214 words)

	Iran
		Iran, a Middle Eastern country south of the Caspian Sea and north of the Persian Gulf, is three times the size of Arizona.
		Iran has been an Islamic theocracy since the Pahlavi monarchy regime was overthrown on Feb. 11, 1979.
		Iran cooperated in the fight against global terrorism after the Sept. 11 bombings, assisting its war-torn neighbor Afghanistan in restoring peace.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107640.html (1460 words)

	Irankicks Football Talk - INTERVIEW WITH ZANDI - READ!
		however the reason why he first was against playing and choosing iran is not because of germany, it is because of the whole "things" about iran.
		but know he has a lot of german friends who whent for holidays to iran and they loved the country and the people there and they told ferydoon that iran is a great place and completly diffrent as most europeans think.
		Iran is placed in Group B of the Asian zone with Japan, Bahrain and North Korea.
	www.irankicks.com /ikboard/showthread.php?t=26962 (684 words)

	Iran News - Public holidays hurting economy: Iranian MP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A member of the same commission, Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moqaddam said he also favored fewer public holidays, but suggested the parliament carefully take into account people?s views on this particular issue, including intellectuals and experts, before making any decision.
		Mesbahi-Moqaddam said public holidays in Iran are categorized under religious, national or revolutionary occasions.
		Iran's Police seize 52 kg of opium in Hamedan
	www.iranmania.com /News/ArticleView?NewsCode=30807&NewsKind=CurrentAffairs (348 words)

	Iran Daily
		Noting that Iran is presently on the verge of launching the 20-year perspective and fourth development plan (2005-2010), Mozaffari said participation of devout revolutionary forces for implementing these plans is very important.
		Iran maintains the right to exploit nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, and has demonstrated it is willing to do so in a responsible and accountable manner.
		The US’s main argument against nuclear energy is that Iran has vast oil and natural gas reserves, and hence the country does not need nuclear energy.ÊYet, many countries that are rich in fossil energy resources, including Britain and Russia, rely on nuclear power for a significant portion of their energy needs.Ê
	www.iran-daily.com /1384/2246/html/national.htm (1863 words)

	EU delegation to arrive in Iran to discuss light-water reactor
		Tehran, Dec 20, IRNA -- A European delegation is to arrive in Tehran within one month to negotiate with Iran's nuclear energy officials on the country's plan to construct a light-water power reactor.
		Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said here Sunday that a European delegation was to visit Iran after the New Year holidays to discuss Iran's plan to construct a "research" nuclear reactor.
		The visit will come on the heels of an agreement by the two sides -- Iran and Europe's Big 3 of Germany, France and Britain -- last month to suspend uranium enrichment activities in return for a package of incentives, which includes an EU commitment to help Iran construct a light-water power reactor.
	www.payvand.com /news/04/dec/1159.html (262 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and the shah was forced into exile.
		Iran has been designated a state sponsor of terrorism for its activities in Lebanon and elsewhere in the world and remains subject to US economic sanctions and export controls because of its continued involvement.
		Iran's economy is marked by a bloated, inefficient state sector, over reliance on the oil sector, and statist policies that create major distortions throughout.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ir.html (1383 words)

	IranExpert: Iran 'punishing' itself by delaying inspections - IAEA
		Iran is "punishing" itself by delaying international inspections since this will prolong the UN nuclear watchdog's investigation of Tehran's atomic program, the watchdog's head Mohamed ElBaradei said.
		It is to review the Iranian program in June and Tehran's decision to put off the inspection from last week until the end of April could mean the inspectors would not have enough time to file a full report, a diplomat said in Vienna.
		ElBaradei said it was a lesson for Iran that "at this stage people are hypersensitive and they (Iran) need to show that there is absolutely 100 pct full transparency."
	www.iranexpert.com /2004/iaea15march.htm (426 words)

	Iran: Travel
		Iran: An Independent Travel Guide-Features link to travel resources and focuses on the impressions from foreign visitors.
		Permanent Mission of Iran to the United Nations-Provides a selection of press releases, statements and official UN documents.
		Iran Travelling Center-Tour and travel agency based in Iran and Hawaii.
	parstimes.com /travel/iran (1090 words)

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		Over many years of organising travel to Iran, our experience is of a warm and friendly country whose people are only too delighted to see foreign visitors.
		While the mood has obviously changed since pre-revolutionary days, Iran remains a fascinating country to visit and one that is so large that it is almost impossible to explore on one visit.
		It is difficult to talk about holidays in Iran, but travelling there is both rewarding and informative.
	www.steppestravel.co.uk /page73.aspx (260 words)

	worldwide flexible packages, iran - Goamit Holidays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Persian Empire was one of the greatest powers of the ancient world and its magnificence can still be seen in the palaces and rock carvings dating back 2500 years.
		After the Arab invasion around 1400 years ago, Iran adopted an Islamic culture and now boasts some of the most wonderful examples of Islamic architecture in the world.
		It is the Zoroastrian centre of Iran and one of the oldest cities in the world, with charming houses made of sun-dried bricks and winding alleyways.
	www.goamit.com /iran.html (370 words)

	December 1999: Student Protests in Iran
		There were 27 million persons between the ages of 15 and 30 in Iran in 1997 out of a population of 60 million.
		Summers are hot in Tehran and the city is crowded on Thursday night, as Fridays are holidays in Iran.
		He defended his "law and order" position, arguing that his opponents in the regime have been campaigning for chaos, especially since the discovery that the Information Ministry agents were involved in the political assassinations of the autumn of 1998.
	www.socialistaction.org /news/199912/persia.html (3510 words)

	About Afghanistan at Best Iran Travel.com
		Afghanistan is a landlocked country, bounded on the North by Tajekistan, Turkmania, and Kirghizia; on the Northeast corner by the Chinese province of Sinkiang; on the East and South by the Pashtoon areas of Chitral, Mohmand, Afridi, Waziri and Baluchistan; and on the west by Iran.
		Arabs in 640 AD destroyed the faces of carvings in Persepolis when they invaded Iran.
		For years the Iranian government and people have allowed thousands of refugees into Iran to escape the hardships of Afghanistan.
	www.bestirantravel.com /sights/afghanistan/afghanistan.html (661 words)

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