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	History of Iran - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The ancient nation of Iran was historically known to the West as Persia until March 21, 1935.
		In 1951, Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, a nationalist, received the vote required from the parliament to nationalize the British-owned oil industry, in a situation known as the Abadan Crisis.
		Mossadegh was arrested and a new prime minister was appointed.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/History_of_Iran (3483 words)

	Iran (10/06)
		Iran underwent something of a revival under the Safavid dynasty (1502-1736), the most prominent figure of which was Shah Abbas, who expelled the Uzbeks and Ottomans from Persia.
		Iran now has a variety of groups engaged in political activity; some are oriented along ideological lines or based on an identity group, others are more akin to professional political parties seeking members and recommending candidates for office.
		Iran defended itself and demanded the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Iranian territory and the return to the status quo ante for the Shatt al-Arab as established under the 1975 Algiers Agreement signed by Iraq and Iran.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5314.htm (4879 words)

	World Almanac for Kids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		IRAN, officially Islamic Republic of Iran, republic, SW Asia, bordered on the N by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and the Caspian Sea; on the E by Afghanistan and Pakistan; on the S by the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf; and on the W by Iraq and Turkey.
		Iran is divided climatically into three main regions: the extremely hot coast along the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman; the temperate but arid central highland; and the tableland of the intensely cold Elburz Mts.
		The increase of foreign influence in Iran and the weakness and corruption of the country’s rulers led, early in the 20th century, to the development of a nationalist movement that demanded the establishment of a constitutional government.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/nations/iran.html (6755 words)

	Prime Minister of Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2 Prime Ministers of Islamic Republic of Iran
		The government resigned during the Iran hostage crisis, but mentioned that it has not been the sole reason, and the decision for mass resignation had been reached one day before the invasion of the United States embassy by the Iranian students.
		Mousavi served under the title until 1989, when the constitution was amended to remove the title of Prime Minister and divide his responsiblities between the president and a newly-created title of First Vice President.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Iran (429 words)

	Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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 1923 and again in 1944 and who had been prime minister since 1951 was removed from power in a plot orchestrated by British and US intelligence (" Operation Ajax ").
		Iran's economy is a mixture of central state ownership of oil and other large enterprises village agriculture and small-scale private trading and service The current administration has continued to follow market reform plans of the previous one has indicated that it will pursue diversification Iran's oil-reliant economy.
	www.freeglossary.com /Iran (1572 words)

	GlobaLex - A Guide to the Legal System of the Islamic Republic of Iran
		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 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.
		Iran Trade Point was established on July 30, 1997 as a step to diminish physical and psychological barriers in domestic and international trading and, hence creating an efficient and effective trading channel among domestic and foreign trade organizations.
	www.nyulawglobal.org /globalex/iran.htm (3305 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Iran's parliament passed a bill on December 27 authorizing the government to reconsider the scope of its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], the UN nuclear inspectorate.
		Iran has respected its nuclear nonproliferation commitments, he said, but the West has made Tehran's nuclear dossier a pretext "to prevent Iran's progress," and "Iran's growth and progress is essentially the problem for the superpowers," IRNA reported.
		Iran hanged three men on December 19 who were convicted of carrying out bombings in 2005 in Ahvaz, the capital of the southwestern Khuzestan Province, ILNA reported on December 20, without saying where the executions took place (see "RFE/RL Iran Report," June 20, 2005).
	www.rferl.org /reports/iran-report/default.asp (4144 words)

	Harper restricts ministers' message \| The Agonist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		While government ministers are holding some events on issues not included in the five priorities — a Federal Accountability Act, a GST cut, a child-care allowance, tougher criminal sentences, and a patient waiting-times guarantee — such events are being kept to a minimum.
		Prime Minister Stephen Harper has imposed central control over all information and comments to the public issued by government officials and even cabinet ministers, directing them to have everything cleared by the Prime Minister's Office, according to an internal e-mail and government sources.
		The Globe and Mail - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his desire to have all public comments cleared by his office is nothing unusual and is aimed at ensuring that his ministers don't contradict each other.
	agonist.org /20060317/harper_restricts_ministers_message (2550 words)

	Iran
		Iran has a mixed economy that is heavily dependent on export earnings from the country's extensive petroleum reserves.
		Minister of Islamic Culture and Guidance Ataollah Mohajerani appointed a second woman to a senior post, Azam Nouri, when he chose her in 1997 as his Deputy Minister for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
		Jewish groups outside Iran noted that the arrest of 13 Jewish individuals in February and March 1999, as well as their subsequent trial during the year, coincided with an increase in anti-Semitic propaganda in newspapers and journals associated with hard-line elements of the Government (see Section 2.c.).
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/nea/786.htm (14864 words)

	EU Foreign Ministers' Meeting To Focus On Belarus, Iran
		Iran will be urged once again to give up processing nuclear fuel and return to talks with Britain, Germany, and France, amid reports that Tehran itself is interested in resuming such a dialogue.
		Belarus' elevation on the list of EU concerns is largely attributed to the efforts of the current British EU presidency, which sets the foreign ministers' agenda.
		However, the ministers' discussion will also take place under the shadow of the remarks made last month by Iranian President Mahmud Ahmedinejad, in which he said Israel should be "wiped off the map." As one official noted on 4 November, Ahmedinejad's comments "go in the opposite direction" from EU attempts at resuming dialogue with Iran.
	www.payvand.com /news/05/nov/1055.html (1232 words)

	Syria, Iran, and the Mideast Conflict - Council on Foreign Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ilan Berman, vice president for policy at the American Foreign Policy Council, says, "Syria and Iran both have a common goal, which is not to be the next Iraq." The two countries agreed to a mutual defense treaty in 2004.
		Iran's foreign minister visited Damascus after the Hezbollah attack to express Tehran's support for Syria in a clear sign of greater coordination between the two nations.
		Iran's response to such a confrontation will be telling, he says: "The whole negotiating track Iran has been on for the last two years is all about gaining time.
	cfr.org /publication/11122/syria_iran_and_the_mideast_conflict.html (2415 words)

	Iraq
		The interim president installed was Sheikh Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, and the interim prime minister was Iyad Allawi, a man who had been a CIA asset according to former U.S. intelligence officials (NY Times June 9, 2004, http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0609-02.htm).
		In the 1980s financial problems caused by massive expenditures in the eight-year war with Iran and damage to oil export facilities by Iran led the government to implement austerity measures, borrow heavily, and later reschedule foreign debt payments.
		History: List of Kings of Iraq, List of Presidents of Iraq, List of Prime Ministers of Iraq, British Mandate of Iraq, History of the Jews in Iraq, Iran-Iraq War, History of astrology, Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, Babylon
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/i/ir/iraq.html (3539 words)

	Members of the Iraqi cabinet
		Took up prime ministerial position on 22 April 2006 after Ibrahim al-Ja'fari was unable to secure support from other political groups and the US to become prime minister after the Dec05 elections.
		Chosen to be prime minister by the IGC on 28 May 2004; resigned with selection of new government on 7 April 2005.
		Chosen at random to be minister from list of 50.
	middleeastreference.org.uk /iraqministers.html (4785 words)

	Ariel Cohen on China & Iran on National Review Online
		New statements from the Chinese leader's recent visit to Iran and Libya indicate that as the September 11 attacks recedes into the past, China may be exploring the creation of an anti-American alliance in Central Asia.
		However, Russia sided with the U.S. in the war on terrorism, while Iran facilitated the escape of al Qaeda fighters from Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia; and China is interested in counterbalancing American influence in Eurasia and the Middle East.
		Iran does not recognize the existence of Israel, and refers to it as a "Zionist entity." Teheran supplies arms to a Shiite organization, Hezbollah (Party of God), which is on the U.S. Department of State terrorism list.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-cohen051502.asp (998 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Iran: Nuclear Chronology
		Foreign Minister Kharazzi declares that nuclear fuels for sale were not actually currently available, although Iran certainly had the "capacity and the potential." He also confirms that Iran is in the midst of a research program for the development of a new centrifuge.
		Furthermore, Iran agrees "on a voluntary basis, [to] continue and extend its suspension to include all enrichment related activities." The IAEA is to implement the monitoring of this suspension with a steering committee scheduled to meet on the issue in the first half of December 2004.
		Iran requests that EU nations allow it to continue to conduct "research and development" with centrifuges during the freeze period.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Iran/1825_4398.html (6222 words)

	Rice Key to Reversal on Iran
		She also attended a meeting in Berlin on Iran at which the Russian and Chinese representatives denounced the idea of sanctions to halt Tehran's drive toward a nuclear weapon.
		Iran has reacted warily, so the impact of the decision will not be clear for some time.
		She also focused on Iran's claim that by year's end it hoped to have a 3,000-centrifuge cascade for enriching uranium.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/03/AR2006060300237_pf.html (954 words)

	Wikinfo \| Iran
		In 1953, 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, leading to the dictatorship of the shah (Iran's monarch), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
		The populous western part is the most mountainous, with ranges such as the Zagros and Elburz Mountains, the latter of which also contains Iran's highst point, the Damavand at 5,607 m.
		Smaller, discontinuous plains are found along the remaining coast of the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Iran (1158 words)

	No Sign of Progress in Standoff With Iran - New York Times
		After meeting with the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said today that a “long process” of consultations was needed to resolve a standoff over his country’s nuclear program.
		Solana is due to report to the foreign ministers of the six countries about the matter on Wednesday, ahead of the meeting in Russia of the leaders of the Group of 8 countries -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States -- on July 15.
		In June, the G8 foreign ministers demanded a “clear and substantive” response from Iran by July 5, and then another deadline was set for a reply by Wednesday.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/07/11/world/middleeast/11cnd-iran.html?ex=1310270400&en=cc5b8d50982f62b1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (741 words)

	CNN.com - World gives Iran 'final chance' - Feb 1, 2006
		Later, British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the House of Commons that it was important to "send a signal of strength" to Iran.
		Iran recently broke IAEA seals on its nuclear facilities, raising concerns in the West.
		Iran's parliament issued a statement Wednesday reminding the government that, under a law approved last year, it must halt snap U.N. inspections of its atomic facilities and resume uranium enrichment -- a process that can yield bomb-grade material -- if its case is referred to the Security Council.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/02/01/iran.wrap.1300 (1028 words)

	Iran: Government
		Lists the names of the assembly of experts, council of guardians, cabinet members, Parliament members and judiciary.
		Iran: Government (CIA)-Provides an overview of government and politics in Iran.
		Leaders of Iran-Heads of state, leaders, prime ministers, foreign ministers and Parliament speakers listed chronologically.
	www.parstimes.com /gov_iran.html (1307 words)

	Past Peak: Iran Archives
		Iran's nuclear reasearch facilities, Barak warns, are hidden deep underground, so deep that "no conventional weapon can penetrate", leaving us to infer that in such circumstances Israel will have no choice but use a tactical nuclear strike in its "self-defence".
		Behind all the chaos and death in Lebanon and northern Israel, Iran is the main cause of worry in the West Wing — the crisis with the highest stakes.
		With Iran in the crosshairs, Russia withholding natural gas shipments to the Ukraine, and Iraq facing an oil supply crisis, 2006 is off to an ominous start.
	www.pastpeak.com /archives/iran/index.htm (14384 words)

	CNN.com - Netanyahu lands backers on Knesset slate - Dec. 9, 2002
		Israeli Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, unsuccessful in his bid to unseat Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, was able to place 10 of his supporters among the Likud party's top 31 candidates for seats in the Israeli parliament.
		In a special election for prime minister in 2001, Sharon won by a landslide, but Likud had only 21 seats in the 120-member Knesset from the 1999 elections, and he was forced to form a coalition government.
		Labor ministers were the largest faction in the Knesset with 25 seats.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/12/09/israel.politics (826 words)

	[A-List] UK state: Iran jet deal
		He has received no spe cial consideration from any Minister or civil servant acting on their behalf.' Symons declined to be interviewed, but a spokeswoman said: 'David Mills wrote in, the letter was processed in the normal way.
		Her response was based on the response she received from officials and it was handled through the usual channels.' After the BAe deal fell through, Mills went on to help arrange a another deal for Mahan Air to buy three second-hand Airbuses from Turkish Airlines, which, being built before 1995, escaped US sanctions.
		In 1997, when she was Public Health Minister involved in the Ecclestone scandal it emerged Mills had worked for a Formula One racing team.
	lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2003-May/043887.html (1190 words)

	Parliamentary Elections in Iran (HRW Backgrounder, New York, February 15, 2000)
		Parviz Varjavand, also a former minister and a member of the National Front party, was excluded as a member of an illegal organization.
		The most popular reformist figure, the impeached former minister of the interior, Abdullah Nouri, was prevented from standing for the parliament because of his previous conviction.
		Former deputy-prime minister Abbas Amir Entezam, one the longest serving political prisoners in Iran, was returned to detention in October 1999 after giving a public interview.
	www.hrw.org /press/2000/02/iran0215.htm (1313 words)

	Think Progress
		Despite the Bush administration’s attempts to ratchet up tensions with Iran, a majority of Americans (57 percent) have consistently expressed the view that Iran is a threat that can be contained with diplomacy.
		Drudge headlines “Iran Nuke showdown.” AEI writes, “Now is the time to ratchet up the pressure.” In a speech at the University of Nebraska, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) tamped down on such rhetoric, arguing the way forward must involve diplomatic engagement.
		The conference — which brings together “key decision-makers from across the world, defense ministers, chiefs of staff and senior officers from army, navy and air force to network” with defense contractors — is attracting a great deal of attention from Persian Gulf states.
	thinkprogress.org /?tag=Iran (7580 words)

	Iran Focus-British lawyers want Iran opposition group de-listed - Terrorism - News
		A statement signed by the British lawyers said that the promotion of freedom and democracy in Iran faced a major obstacle which was the listing of the MeK as a proscribed group.
		The MeK was listed as a terrorist organisation by the European Union in mid-2002, in what the EU’s then-Spanish leadership called “a goodwill gesture to Tehran”.
		While urging Home Secretary Charles Clarke to de-proscribe the MeK, the lawyers called on the government to distance itself from Iran’s hard-line regime, which they said represented a “direct threat to British interests”, and instead side with the “millions of Iranians and their Resistance movement who seek peace, freedom and a secular democracy in Iran”.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=4640 (336 words)

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