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Kavir Buzurg

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

Shahi

(Encyclopedia)Shahi, Iran: see Qa'em Shahr.

Safid Rud

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

Seistan

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

Rezaiyeh

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

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...

Ebadi, Shirin

(Encyclopedia)Ebadi, Shirin shērēn ĕbôdēˈ [key], 1947–, Iranian jurist, author, and human-rights activist. From a family of distinguished jurists, she obtained her law degree (1969) and doctorate (1971) fro...

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 ...