iran : Idioms & Phrases
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capital of iran
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noun the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran
Teheran; Tehran; Iranian capital.
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iran-iraq war
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noun a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution
Gulf War.
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islamic republic of iran
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noun a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
Persia; Iran.
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people's mujahidin of iran
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noun a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah
MKO; Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization; MEK.
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shah of iran
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noun title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
Shah.
