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Iran, also called Persia, and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia.

President: Hassan Rouhani

Capital: Tehran

Population: 81.8 million (2018) World Bank

Currency: Iranian rial

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Human rights activists are calling for the release of a woman detained in Tehran after she removed her clothes in an apparent protest. A video shared on social media showed the woman sitting in her underwear on the steps of the university before walking away. In another clip, she is seen removing more clothing before being forced into a car by plainclothes agents.

Iran executes German-Iranian dissident Iran has executed Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-Iranian dissident convicted of “leading terror operations,” according to state media reports. Sharmahd, a US…