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Pars

(Encyclopedia)Pars, ancient province, Iran: see Fars. ...

Kavir Buzurg

(Encyclopedia)Kavir Buzurg, Iran: see Dasht-e Kavir. ...

Safid Rud

(Encyclopedia)Safid Rud, river, Iran: see Sefid Rud. ...

Rezaiyeh

(Encyclopedia)Rezaiyeh, city and lake, Iran: see Urmia. ...

Seistan

(Encyclopedia)Seistan, region, Afghanistan and Iran: see Sistan. ...

Weygand, Maxime

(Encyclopedia)Weygand, Maxime mäksēmˈ vāgäNˈ [key], 1867–1965, French general, b. Belgium. A career army officer, he was (1914–23) chief of staff to Marshal Foch, and in 1920 he directed the defense of Wa...

Tajrish

(Encyclopedia)Tajrish täjrēshˈ [key], city, Tehran prov., N Iran, a suburb of Tehran. It is a summer resort. ...

Tehran Conference

(Encyclopedia)Tehran Conference, Nov. 28–Dec. 1, 1943, meeting of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Premier Joseph Stalin at Tehran, Iran. The conference was held to stren...

Yazd

(Encyclopedia)Yazd yäzd [key], city (1991 pop. 275,298), capital of Yazd prov., central Iran, in a desert region. The city is known for its elaborate silk products and remains a center for silk weaving. Grain, fru...

Mousavi, Mir Hossein

(Encyclopedia)Mousavi, Mir Hossein mēr hōsānˈ mo͞osävēˈ [key], 1941–, Iranian political leader and architect. Active in Islamic groups and in the opposition to the Shah's rule, he was (1979) a founder of ...