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	Sistan and Baluchistan Province Summary
		Sistān and Balūchestān is one of the 30 provinces of Iran.
		The province is the third largest in Iran, with an area of 181,600 km² and a population of 2.1 million.
		The counties of the province are Iran Shahr, Chabahar, Khash, Zabol, Zahedan, Saravan, and Nik Shahr.
	www.bookrags.com /Sistan_and_Baluchistan_Province (1096 words)

	Mazandaran babol sari damavand mountain iran north
		Mazandaran is a province in northern Iran, bordering the Caspian (Mazandaran) Sea in the north.
		Counties of the province are: Amol, Babol, Babolsar, Behshahr, Tonekabon, Chaloos, Ramsar, Savad Kooh, Qaem Shahr, Mahmood Abad, Neka, Noor and Noshahr.
		The Caspian Sea is to the north, the provinces of Tehran and Semnan lie to the south.
	www.alihessami.com /photos/mazandaran/index.html (278 words)

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		mashhad, khorasan province, may 11, irna -- the red crescent society of mashhad dispached 15 trucks laden with foodstuffs to the quake stricken areas of qaen and birjand on sunday.
		the iranian president and his delegation are expected to hold special talks with the turkmenistan president and other top officials to discuss the prospects of oil, gas, communications, commerce and transportation projects and other items related to the expansion of economic and political cooperation between the two nations.
		the iranian minister described his talks with both mubarak and moussa as "very frank," and "successful." "we do believe that cooperation between islamic republic of iran and egypt should be constructive" velayati was quoted as saying.
	www.salamiran.org /Media/IRNA/970512.html (5145 words)

	Iran-Iraq War - MSN Encarta
		Throughout the summer and fall of 1982, Iranian attacks along the border focused on splitting the south of Iraq, where the majority of the Shias lived, from the north and capturing the southern Iraqi city of Al Başrah.
		The Iranian offensives of 1982 set a pattern that continued for the rest of the war.
		As soon as the initial Iranian thrust had exhausted itself, however, the Iraqi army exploited Iranian disorganization and lack of equipment to retake much of the lost territory.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761580640/Iran-Iraq_War.html (1401 words)

	Iranian Provinces: Khuzestan
		Ahvaz is the capital of this province and its cities are Abadan, Behbahan, Dezful, Khorramshahr, Bander Imam, Shoush (Susa), Masjed Soleiman, Andimeshk, Mah Shahr, Ramhormoz, Omidiyeh, Shushtar, Izeh, Hoveizeh, Aqa Djari, Shadegan and Soosangerd.
		In previous ages, Iranians referred to Khuzestan as Elam; and historically historians refer to this province as ancient Elam, whose capital was in Susa.
		Khuzestan is the most ancient Iranian province and is often referred to in Iran as the "birthplace of the nation", as this is the area where Aryan tribes first settled, assimilating the native Elamite population, and thus laying the foundation for the future Persian Empires of Median, Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid.
	www.iranchamber.com /provinces/15_khuzestan/15_khuzestan.php (1869 words)

	Khuzestan Province Summary
		Khuzestan (Persian: خوزستان) is one of the 32 provinces of Iran.
		Khuzestan is the most ancient Iranian province and is often referred to in Iran as the "birthplace of the nation," as this is the area where Aryan tribes first settled, assimilating the native Elamite population, and thus laying the foundation for the future empires of Persia, Media, and Parthia.
		The Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980 was a terrorist siege of the Iranian Embassy in London initiated by an Arab separatist group.
	www.bookrags.com /Khuzestan_Province (3982 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Region \| Identity crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The letter, which reportedly promotes the migration of the Arab population to the northern provinces of the country, was attributed to Mohamed Ali Abtahi, former Iranian vice-president and present advisor to the president, who has since dismissed it as a forgery.
		The Iranian government closed the offices of the Al-Jazeera satellite television channel in Tehran, after accusing it of inflaming violent protests by the country's Arab minority.
		Historically, Al-Ahvaz (known by Arab Iranians as Al-Ahwaz) was an Emirate that was occupied by Reza Shah of Iran on 20 April 1925.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/743/re6.htm (1542 words)

	AEI - Short Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Iranian history is replete with struggles between the center and periphery.
		After Reza Khan subdued the province, the Iranian foreign ministry changed the provincial name to Khuzistan.[3] The oil boom and government efforts to dilute the Arab component of the population have caused the relative size of the ethnic Arab population to shrink.
		While Iranian opium interdiction accounts for almost a quarter of opiate seizures worldwide, United Nations officials say that Iranian authorities seize only 10 to 15 percent of the drug shipments.[18] Iran is not only a transit country for opium and heroin, but also a consumer.
	www.aei.org /publications/pubID.23444,filter.all/pub_detail.asp (2030 words)

	Province of Khuzestan - WikIran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As such, Khuzestan is the most ancient Iranian province and is often referred to in Iran as the "birthplace of the nation," as this is the area where Aryan tribes first settled, assimilating the indigenous Elamite population, and thus laying the foundation for the future empires of Persia, Media, and Parthia.
		The name of the province, Khuzestan, literally means "Land of the Khuzi," and is in reference to the Khuz (or Khuzi) people, who were the original pre-Aryan ethnic group of the area and had formed one of the major population groups of the kingdom of Elam.
		The Karun, Karkheh, and Jarrahi rivers flow through the province and contribute to the excellent fertility of the land, which is superior to that of any other region in Iran and is in stark contrast to the dry provinces of the central Iranian plateau.
	www.wikiran.org /wiki/Khuzestan (2270 words)

	Kayhan international (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		TEHRAN Oct. 3 (CHN) In a joint cooperation, Iran and Portugal are determined to restore the historical fortress known as the Portuguese Fortress, located in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan.
		Iranian experts are determined to start their restoration activities as soon as the project receives financial support.
		The remains of the Portuguese Fortress in Hormozgan province are in a poor condition and their situation is getting worse due to lack of attention they receive.
	www.kayhanintl.com /oct4/culture.htm (550 words)

	Iranian Forces Enter Iraq, Shell Kurdish Guerrillas
		"Iranian forces hit a border area called Haj Umran and then entered five kilometers into Iraqi territory and hit the area of Lollan with heavy artillery with 180 shells targeting PKK positions," it said Sunday.
		The attack is the second Iranian offensive against the Kurdistan Workers' Party guerilla group (PKK) in 10 days.
		Iran is bound by treaty with Turkey to fight the outlawed PKK, which has waged a 15-year insurgency against Ankara for self rule in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.
	www.rense.com /general70/shell.htm (156 words)

	Iranian Kurdistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896.
		Half of the Kurdish population lives under the administration of the West Azarbaijan province, in which minorities of Azaris and Persians (mainly Shiites) are claimed to have held a monopoly on important posts for the last 60 years.
		Iranian authorities confirmed that Qaderi, "who was on the run and wanted by the judiciary", was shot and killed while allegedly evading arrest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iranian_Kurdistan (3019 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Britain seeks to find foothold in Iran's Khuzestan province
		Iranian officials cited intelligence findings that the terrorists who planted bombs in Ahvaz had been trained abroad and hired by British troops on the other side of the borderline.
		The rumour was spread by London paper in the aftermath of a series of explosions which rocked Iranian city of Ahvaz in April shortly before Iranian presidential election.
		Stranfer Commentary said Khuzestan province is an ideal place for the west to intervene because the province houses oil fields, as the vital veins of Iranian economy, and has an Arab population who are not satisfied with the central government in Tehran.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nte54537.htm (750 words)

	Al Jazeera English - Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The province's deputy governor, Gholam Reza Shariati, told state television that unidentified attackers were trying to "attack the territorial integrity of the country and damage the election process".
		Tehran blamed foreigners and counter-revolutionaries for the ethnic tensions but admitted the province's development was still hampered by the devastation it suffered during the 1980-1988 war with Iraq.
		Informal opinion polls in the Iranian press suggest that none of the eight candidates will be able to secure more than 50% of the vote needed to win.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/69C4B4BD-774D-41D8-942C-B0D35DE214CA.htm (790 words)

	The Iran-Iraq War
		the Iranian counteroffensive, the war of attrition, Iraqi internationalization of the war, and the surge in superpower involvement.
		Iranian units in March 1984 captured parts of the Majnun Islands, whose oil fields had economic as well as strategic value.
		Iranian military gains inside Iraq after 1984 were a major reason for increased superpower involvement in the war.
	www.parstimes.com /history/iran_iraq_war.html (2797 words)

	Zanjan
		The vegetation of the province varies from one area to another, but it is generally made up of forests and pastures.
		Zanjan province is one of the country's important industrial centres, throughout which there are several industrial satellite towns and metal, food, chemical, wood, weaving, construction and mining industries.
		Among the natural resources of this province there are six hot springs and four mineral springs in which tourists are highly interested Because of medicinal value these springs attract a large number of people each year.
	www.asemangasht.com /Zanjan.htm (995 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Iran's Sex Slaves by Donna M. Hughes
		According to the head of the Tehran province judiciary, traffickers target girls between 13 and 17, although there are reports of some girls as young as 8 and 10, to send to Arab countries.
		The number of Iranian women and girls who are deported from Persian Gulf countries indicates the magnitude of the trade.
		In one case, a woman was discovered selling Iranian girls to men in Persian Gulf countries; for four years, she had hunted down runaway girls and sold them.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13717 (1354 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
		Hashemi said 160 metric tons of narcotics were seized in the first three quarters of the Iranian year (which began on 21 March 2003), and this is 40 percent more than in the same period one year earlier.
		Iranian police chief Brigadier General Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said at a 19 January security seminar in Tehran that Iran has land and sea borders with some 15 countries, "but, in many areas only one side of the borders are under control," IRNA reported.
		Iranian officials say that some 1.2 million citizens are addicts and another 800,000 abuse drugs.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2004/01/5-NOT/not-220104.asp?po=y (754 words)

	Parthia in the News - 2005
		About 12,000 Iranian and foreign tourists visited the Anahita Temple, the ruins of which are located in the city of Kangavar in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah, during the last six months.
		Situated in Zanjan Province, the Soltanieh Dome, the mausoleum of Oljaitu, was constructed from 1302 to 1312 in the city of Soltanieh, the capital of the Ilkhanids, Mongol descendents of Genghis Khan who controlled large parts of Iran from 1256 to 1349.
		Tehran, May 30 (Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency) – All the vocabulary of the Sassanid and Parthian inscriptions, seals, papyri, and pottery are collected and are to be published in a comprehensive dictionary by end of September.
	www.parthia.com /parthia_news_2005.htm (18520 words)

	Independent News Portal COAnews: coanews.org : Iranian War Games: Exercises, Tests, and Drills or Preparation?
		The Iranian Armed Forces—the Regular Armed Forces and the Revolutionary Guards Corps—began the first stage of massive nationwide war games along border areas of the province of Sistan and Baluchistan1 in the southeast of Iran bordering the Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, and NATO garrisoned Afghanistan to the east on Saturday, August 19, 2006.
		It is worth noting that the Iranian war games are taking place within the window of time that has been predicted by analysts for the initiation of an American or of an American-led attack against Iran.
		During the second phase of the unfolding military exercises the Iranian military test-fired surface-to-surface missiles from Kashan in coordination with other military movements.11 It must be noted that Kashan is a city which is strategically located in a central position where it can provide air defence(s) for both Iranian nuclear facilities/installations and the Iranian capital.
	coanews.org /tiki-read_article.php?articleId=1216 (952 words)

	ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S SEX SCANDAL (Iran Press Service)
		An Iranian pilot working for both an Emirate airline and the Sheylkhdom’s Police reported the scandal to Syna, saying that the “show” had lasted for 24 hours and although both the Iranian and the UAE’s authorities had been informed about the sex exhibition, not measure had been taken to stop it.
		Informed sources have told the independent and private Iranian news service Iran Press Service that selling Iranian girls and young women in Arab sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf is a “very well-oil” trade run by some influential men on both sides of the waterway.
		“Iranian authorities had been informed about the auction, the Iranian embassy in Dubai rejected the allegations, saying they have no information about it and the source of the information had been warned not to put his and in the ants’ hole”, the independent Iranian newspaper Sharq reported last week.
	www.iran-press-service.com /ips/articles-2004/june/iran_sex_export_11604.shtml (1794 words)

	[06-06-2003] William O. Beeman--Rumblings in Azerbaijan -- Bush's Hawks Eye Northern Iran
		Iranian Azerbaijan is fertile ground for a new Iranian political movement.
		Ever since this period, the Iranian central state has kept a wary eye on the Azerbaijanis.
		When Khomeini held a referendum on the kind of government Iranians were to choose, he gave voters only one choice: an Islamic republic with the chief ayatollah as head.
	www.brown.edu /Departments/Anthropology/publications/Rumblings_in_Azerbaijan.htm (745 words)

	News
		The chief minister in his remarks invited the Iranian investors to invest in the exploitation of natural resources of Frontier province.
		Frontier province was going to be the hub of trade and economic activities following the response of domestic and foreign entrepreneurs for investment in hydro, mineral, tourism, cement, sugar plant etc.
		He mentioned the better law and order situation in the province as compared to the rest of the country with all these favourable things and expects the investors to come in clusters and invest in Frontier province.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Apr05/02/05.htm (455 words)

	NPR : Canada Calls for Arrest of Iranian Official
		Morning Edition, June 27, 2006 · Canada is calling for the arrest of a senior Iranian official in connection with the death of a female photojournalist.
		Hard-line Iranian authorities said she died of a stroke.
		Iranian reformists have said she was tortured to death.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5514415&ft=1&f=1004 (142 words)

	National Iranian American Council - NIAC - Washington DC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In one instant, Nassibli argued that at the time of the Iranian Revolution Khomeini squashed an Azeri uprising for autonomy because he feared the Soviet Union would invade Iran as it had done to Afghanistan in 1980.
		The message was that the Azeris at the time of the Iranian revolution were not quick to abandon Tehran to serve the interests of Moscow.
		In previous speaking occasions in the US, Chehregani had answered a reporter’s question to his statistics by stating that the Iranian government skewed the population statistics to make the Persians appear to be the majority while reducing the Azeri population to merely a quarter of the population.
	www.niacouncil.org /pressreleases/press074.asp (1397 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Sex trade in Iran, Donna M. Hughes
		Earlier this year, with the assistance of Iranian democracy activists I gathered information about prostitution and the trafficking of women and girls out of Iran for sexual slavery.
		It is impossible to know how many victims there are, but all sources indicate an exponential growth in prostitution in Iran.
		In the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan, local police report that girls are being sold to Pakistani men as sex-slaves.
	www.iranian.com /Women/2004/July/DH/index.html (908 words)

	Domestic Threats to Iranian Stability: Khuzistan and Baluchistan - Middle East Forum
		The oil boom and government efforts to dilute the Arab component of the population have caused the relative size of the ethnic Arab population to shrink.
		While Iranian opium interdiction accounts for almost a quarter of opiate seizures worldwide, United Nations officials say that Iranian authorities seize only 10 to 15 percent of the drug shipments.
		In February 2001, Iranian authorities forced R euters correspondent Jonathan Lyons to leave under threat of prison after he interviewed Iranian dissident Akbar Ganji.
	www.meforum.org /article/788 (1918 words)

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