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- a mountainous, arid, ethnically diverse country of southwestern Asia. Much of Iran consists of a central desert plateau, which is ringed on all sides by lofty mountain ranges that afford access to the interior through high passes. Most of the ...
- Iran hostage crisis
- international crisis (1979-81) in which militants in Iran seized 66 American citizens at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, holding 52 of them hostage for more than a year. The crisis, which took place during the chaotic aftermath of Iran's Islamic ...
- Iran, ancient
- historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and culture predominated, but it more correctly refers to ...
- Iran-Contra Affair
- U.S. political scandal in which the National Security Council (NSC) became involved in secret weapons transactions and other activities that either were prohibited by the U.S. Congress or violated the stated public policy of the government. In early 1985 the ...
- Iran-Iraq War
- (1980-90), prolonged military conflict between Iran and Iraq during the 1980s. The war began on September 22, 1980, when Iraqi armed forces invaded western Iran along the countries' joint border.
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