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	TEHERAN - LoveToKnow Article on TEHERAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Kasran is a hilly district north-east of Teheran, with numerous coal mines (inferior coal of the Jurassic period) and streams abounding with salmon trout.
		Teheran has little to distinguish it in general outward appearance from other cities of the country, though in recent years (since the above-mentioned extension) many broad and straight streets and a number of buildings of western architecture, shops with show windows, electric lamps, cabs, andamp;c., have been introduced.
		Teheran has many mosques, all of recent date, the finest being the one called Masjed i Sipahsalar, built by Mirza Husain Khan Sipahsalar Azam, who was prime minister for ten years until 1884.
	69.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TE/TEHERAN.htm (1289 words)

	Teheran
		Teheran is also the capital of Teheran province with 12 million inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 19,196 km².
		Teheran is the economical and administrative centre of Iran.
		Teheran is connected by road to all major cities in Iran, but distances are often vast.
	i-cias.com /e.o/teheran.htm (535 words)

	Kabul/Teheran: 1979 ff: A festival with films from Afghanistan and Iran
		Three topics are the focal points that are of central importance: the relevant daily life and the urban developments in Teheran and Kabul, cities with several million people, when viewed from an Iranian and Afghani perspective as well as the massive migration of Afghani refugees, especially to Iran.
		Institutions such as the UNHCR are participating in the so-called repatriation programmes that are supposed to ease the return of Afghani refugees to Afghanistan.
		Teheran is a metropolis that officially has over 12 million inhabitants living in it.
	www.payvand.com /news/03/dec/1008.html (882 words)

	A Year Amongst the Persians: Teheran
		Teheran, as it is at present, is a large town lying in a slight hollow, just sufficient to prevent its being seen from any distance on the plain; roughly speaking circular in shape; and entirely surrounded by walls of unbaked clay, and for the most part by a ditch as well.
		The daughter subsequently married Huseyn, the son of 'Ali, thus uniting the royal blood of the house of Sasan with the holy race of the Imams and the kindred of the Arabian prophet.
		He resided in Teheran, and to him was entrusted the government of the city and the supreme military command.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /~bahai/diglib/books/A-E/B/browne/year/year05.htm (11342 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Water shortage threatens Iran, rationing plan in Teheran
		Teheran (dpa) - Authorities in the Iranian capital Teheran have imposed water rationing with the country having to deal with the worst drought in three decades, it was announced Thursday.
		The almost 10 million residents of the capital Teheran have been called by the minister to cut water consumption by at least 15 per cent after water reserves in three dams providing 60 per cent of Teheran's supply have sunk to dangerously low levels.
		Teheran has already allocated 290 million dollars to cope with the drought, and the U.N. is working with the government to monitor the situation and develop long-term solutions.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/ce51a9eeacce577985256a800065f8b2 (322 words)

	The Jewish Community of Teheran
		In Teheran they were assisted not only by the Alliance, but also by Ort, Otzar ha-torah, and above all by the American Jewish Joint distribution committee, which in 1947 laid the foundation for all social, medical, and educational activities of the Jews of Teheran and Iran as a whole.
		In 1961, the number of Jewish students at Teheran University was estimated at 300; however, in 1957 it was estimated that about 3,000 Jewish children in Teheran were receiving no education, although this number probably dropped in the 1960s.
		In 1970, 40,000 Jews (55% of the total Jewish population of Iran) lived in Teheran, and the community was composed of Jews from various Iranian provinces including Meshed, and from Bukhara, Baghdad, and other oriental communities, as well as of Ashkenazim from Russia, Poland and Germany.
	www.bh.org.il /Communities/Archive/Teheran.asp (855 words)

	Arbuckle - Trip Around the World - Teheran
		Teheran, the Capital of Persia, lies about seventy miles south of the Caspian Sea, in a flat and stony plain at the foot of the Elburtz mountains, which rise in Mt. Demavend, 22,000 feet above the sea level.
		It has a brisk trade in carpets, cotton and linen goods, shoes, hats, etc. The population varies greatly from winter to summer, as the Shah and the wealthier citizens leave the city during the intense heat of summer.
		The population of Teheran is divided among Jews, in very large proportion, Europeans, and Gabrs or Parsis, a remnant of the old Fire Worshippers.
	home.att.net /~arbycards/arbtw26.htm (343 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| 10,000 join student protest in Teheran
		This was by far the largest coming together of ordinary people in Teheran since student protests began a month ago, although in these difficult times it had to be a demonstration pretending not to demonstrate as police kept people moving along the pavements.
		Since early November students have been protesting about the case of Hashem Aghajari, a professor at Modarres University in Teheran and prominent reformist, who was sentenced to death after he made a speech saying that people should not blindly follow religious leaders.
		Teheran University has 50,000 students and most of those interviewed said they had gone to their classes as usual and had not been involved in the political activities during the day.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/12/09/wiran09.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/12/09/ixworld.html (670 words)

	From Kashan to Teheran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On the way to Teheran we stop in the holy city of Qom, where the most important university of school of theology is located.
		30 km south of Teheran is another new mausoleum: the grave of Imam Khomeni, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979.
		Teheran is a 12 million metropolis at the foot of the Elbrus Mountains.
	www.studyrussian.com /seidenstrasse/silkroad/Qom_Teheran.htm (329 words)

	Tehran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tehran is a metropolis of 14 million situated at the foot of the towering Alborz range.
		Tehran (also transcribed Teheran) (تهران in Persian), population 9,000,000 (metropolitan: 14,000,000), and a land area of 254 square miles, the capital of Iran (Persia) and the center of Tehran Province.
		Tehran was the site of the Teheran Conference in 1943, attended by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tehran (1946 words)

	Teheran on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rejection of talented ambassador will be Teheran's loss
		Teheran puts itself in the dock again Foreign Affairs
		Teheran tries to rewrite EU deal on nuclear programme
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-T1eheran.asp (280 words)

	Putin envoy to Teheran next week [Free Republic]
		In September, relevant ministers of the Caspian Sea states will gather in Teheran to hold a seminar on fishery in the Caspian which will be hosted by Iran's development ministry.
		Teheran says mechanisms for exploitation of the Caspian Sea reserves should be discussed among littoral states.
		But informed sources in Teheran say that the visit will not take place until a settlement is found for the Chechen crisis which is of special interest of the Moslem world and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, which will be chaired by Iran's Khatami until the end of this year.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a397d1c421c8d.htm (515 words)

	William Pomeroy, Teheran summit: a democratic future for Islam
		The summit meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference that was held in Teheran, Iran last month was featured by deliberations and declarations of major significance for the development of Islamic states, for relations with Western countries, and for peace in the Middle East and other areas.
		In Teheran, the mood in the OIC of opposition to U.S. policy was perhaps best exhibited by the presence of the deputy prime minister of Iraq, Taha Yassin Ramadan, the first such top-level visit since the cruel Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88, with the prospect of reopened diplomatic relations indicated at the OIC summit's end.
		Nevertheless, although denunciations of U.S. imperialism occurred in speeches, this was not the thrust of the summit.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/27/014.html (843 words)

	TEHERAN "THE FEMALE HELL ON EARH" : Melbourne Indymedia
		Teheran arrests 183 'badly covered' opressed Muslim women Muslim Islamic males launching raids and cracking down on "dangerous social corruption".
		In Gilan, 51 opressed Muslim women and girls were kidnapped by police 'to fight open spectacles of corruption', the Iran newspaper quoted provincial Muslim Islamic males-in-charge as saying.
		Koranic police have been seen kidnapping scores of teenage girls from shopping centres in Teheran, while both koranic police and Muslim Islamic militiamen have reportedly stepped up gate-crashing raids on private parties where they suspect the presence of beer, wine and mixed-sex dancing to banned western music.
	melbourne.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=76161 (367 words)

	Mossadegh's Aide Seized in Teheran
		After the attack he was taken to a hospital, a police source said, where his wounds were reported to be severe but not dangerous.
		He faced a possible death penalty because he is alleged to have stirred up mobs against Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi in an effort to overthrow the monarchy before the Mossadegh regime itself was upset.
		Fatemi was taken to the headquarters of the Military Governor of Teheran.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/mideast/031454iran-aide.html (554 words)

	UFOs vs. the Peacock Throne: The Story of the Teheran "Dogfight" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The pilot was vectored to a spot 75 kilometers north of Teheran.
		Subsequent events in other countries (for example the "abduction" case of Franck Fontaine in France, in 1979) suggest the possibility that UFO events are sometimes staged by military and intelligence groups to study the reactions and consequences of inexplicable events on civilian and military personnel.
		The Teheran "dogfight" smells like this to me; the electronic countermeasures, the supposed "landing," and the all too-earthly homing signal from the dry lake bed smacks of a covert psyop.
	www.parascope.com /articles/0897/teheran.htm (1188 words)

	Trans Asya Treni (Istanbul to Teheran Train)
		You'll pass within sight of the mighty medieval walls of Van Kalesi (Fortress of Van) as you travel between Istanbul and Teheran.
		The one-way fare from Istanbul to Teheran is CHF61.60 (Swiss francs), plus CHF 15.50 for the couchette, if you want it.
		The train begins its return journey from Teheran on Thursday at 20:15 (8:15 pm), arriving in Istanbul on Sunday at 15:45 (3:45 pm).
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /Transportation/Train/trans_asya.html (286 words)

	Teheran Backs UN-Approved Attack On Iraq
		Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, a receptive ear in Teheran yesterday, belying the animosity that has frequently bedevilled relations between the two countries.
		Teheran has declared it would pursue of "active neutrality" in a conflict in Iraq.
		Teheran has become the capital most visited by Mr Straw after Washington and Brussels.
	www.rense.com /general30/atakc.htm (639 words)

	Teheran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After 4 days in Egypt, FDR and Churchill travelled by airplane on Nov. 27 to Teheran, flying over Palestine and Iraq and Iran.
		They were still divided on strategy, and this division would be exploited by Stalin at the 10th major conference of WWII at Teheran.
		After Teheran ended Dec. 1, FDR returned to Cairo for the 2nd Cairo conference Dec. 4-6 with Churchill and President Ismet Inonu of Turkey.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/Europe04a.html (446 words)

	Teheran Conference
		Stalin was fully aware that if Britain and the USA withdrew from the war, the Red Army would have great difficulty in dealing with Germany on its own.
		At Teheran, Joseph Stalin reminded Churchill and Roosevelt of a previous promise of landing troops in Western Europe in 1942.
		Alan Brook, chief of the British General Staff, was later to say: "I rapidly grew to appreciate the fact that he had a military brain of the very highest calibre.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWteheran.htm (450 words)

	Keeping Teheran on Tenterhooks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The para-military (covert) PSYWAR, which is nuclear-centric, seeks to convey a message not only to Teheran, but also to Moscow about the consequences of Iran pressing ahead on the nuclear path in disregard of the concerns of the US, other Western countries and Israel.
		Its purpose is to create fears in the minds of Teheran and Moscow about the inevitability of American para-military action against Iran’s nuclear establishments if they do not see reason and give up their present obduracy.
		The confusion in Teheran over the incident, which was reportedly spectacular without causing any human casualties, is evident from the contradictory statements emanating from Iran on the cause of the blast.
	www.observerindia.com /analysis/A380.htm (1254 words)

	German business delegation to visit Teheran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		An economic delegation from Germany had already paid a visit in mid-May to Teheran witn militants in a Berlin restaurant in 1992.
		The verdict followed a prosecution case which directly implicated top leaders of the regime in Tehran and brought new crisis to relations between Iran and the European Union.
		Relations between Bonn and Teheran were also strained by the case of German businessman Helmut Hofer, who was sentenced to death in January 1998 for having sexual relations with a Moslem woman.
	www.iraniantrade.org /_NewsUpdates/000001b6.htm (232 words)

	Teheran '43, Spy Ring: Nazi's plot to assassinate the Big Three
		"Teheran 43, Spy Ring" starts in 1980 in Paris as Soviet Agent Andrei (André) Borodin (Igor Kostolevsky), attends an auction of secret documents dating back to 1943, and supervised by Maître Legraine (Curd Jürgens) for his client, Max Richard (Armen Djigarkhanian).
		While in Teheran, André meets a French woman, Marie Louni (Natalia Belokhvostikova), living in the city and they had a brief but intense affair.
		Nearly four decades later, André is looking for his one time love but this time to protect her knowing that Scherner now head of a dangerous terrorist organization has been liberated in Paris in exchange of hostages of a high-jacked airplane.
	www.payvand.com /news/03/feb/1018.html (945 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Persia
		He sternly repressed revolts and conspiracies, but, through the sale of the tobacco monopoly to English speculators, he offended many of his subjects, and his unpopularity was increased by the scarcity of food in several of the provinces in subsequent years.
		The estimated population of the principal cities is: Teheran, 280,000; Tabriz, 200,000; Ispahan, 70,000; Meshhed, 60,000; Kirman, 60,000; and Yezd, 45,000.
		In 1862 the Lazarists established themselves permanently at Teheran under the able direction of Fathers Varèse and Plagnard, who soon built there a church and a mission house around which the European colony of Teheran gathered, and which soon afterwards became the most beautiful residential section of the Persian capital.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11712a.htm (14955 words)

	Press encounter with UN Secretary-General, Teheran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 25 January 2002
		SG: As you know, I have just come straight here from Tokyo, Pakistan and Afghanistan and obviously I will discuss developments in the region and particularly Afghanistan and the work the UN is doing there.
		We have no plans to meet and so I wish him a good stay in Teheran.
	www.un.org /News/dh/latest/afghan/sg-teheran25.htm (414 words)

	Morning Edition (NPR): Teheran Mayor Arrested@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		BOB EDWARDS, HOST: Senior politicians in Iran are trying to defuse a political crisis that arose when the mayor of Teheran was arrested Saturday on corruption charges.
		Conservative officials deny the arrest is politically motivated.
		Joining me now from Teheran is Sharif Imam Jomeh, who...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:28844122&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (185 words)

	Europeans Leaders Oppose Military Option Against Teheran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Several European leaders dismissed the military option against Iran, and pointed out that the strategy for negotiation Europe is conducting with Teheran does not comprise a threat of armed intervention.
		Contrary to what happened over the issue of Iraq, Europeans are united on the Iranian issue, with the United Kingdom, France and Germany agreeing on the E.U.-wide policy of dialogue with Teheran.
		The negotiations of Europeans with Teheran "are carried out in close coordination with Washington," he said.
	www.watchingamerica.com /lemonde000003.html (636 words)

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