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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Protesters angry over water shortages marched through the streets of an oil-rich, restive province in southwestern Iran late Thursday, with police firing weapons to disperse the crowds, according to YouTube videos.
The image on the device of the alleged Iranian intelligence operative was chilling: A grapihc depicting images of two Iranian dissidents apprehended abroad. Next to them was an image of a journalist with the message “are you coming or should we come for you?” that US prosecutors allege he intended to kidnap.
The United States is “moving on the wrong path” and must stop its interference in the region, Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday following US military airstrikes against pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday repeated pledges to import Iranian fuel should shortages across the country persist.
Ebrahim Raisi has won the country’s presidential election by a landslide, according to preliminary results released on Saturday by the Interior Ministry
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