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residents of Changureh,
Iran
threw stones at the car of a government minister in anger following the
2002 Iran earthquake
?
the 999-year-old
Gonbad-e Qabus
in
Golestan
,
Iran
is the world's tallest
brick
tower at 70 meters (230 feet)?
on December 14, 1947, a rival government-supported
Iranian
union,
ESKI
, carried out an attack on a club building of the
Central Union of Workers and Peasants of Iran
?
in 2007
California Assemblyman
Joel Anderson
authored legislation requiring state
pension funds
to
divest
from
investing
in companies that do business with
Iran
?
at the 1949 congress of the government-sponsored
Iranian
trade union
centre
ESKI
, only two out of 36 delegates were workers?
the
2008 Bandar Abbas earthquake
leveled walls in the village of Zeynabi,
Iran
?
the
Iran-Pakistan barrier
is currently being constructed by
Iran
along its border with
Pakistan
to stop illegal migration and thwart terror attacks?
the nearly completed
Sivand Dam
project in
Fars Province
,
Iran
will flood 130 archaeological sites and hasten the destruction of the ancient
Persian
city of
Pasargadae
?
the song
"
Push The Button
"
was believed by some to relate to
Iran
's attempt to build
nuclear weapons
?
the modern border between
Iran
and
Iraq
dates back to the
Treaty of Zuhab
, which concluded the
Ottoman–Safavid War of 1623–1639
?
the
New Fighter Aircraft program
selected the
CF-18 Hornet
(pictured)
for the
Canadian Forces Air Command
when attempts to purchase
Iran
's fleet of
F-14 Tomcats
failed?
the
list of bills sponsored by Barack Obama
(131 items) includes measures for
biofuels
and
synthetic fuels
, veterans' health bills,
divestiture
from
Iran
, and
tariff
exemptions for
herbicides
?
as a result of
t'aarof
, it is not uncommon for
Iranian
employees to work unpaid for a week before even discussing wages?
although formally banned, the
Iranian
communist
Central Council of United Trade Unions
was able to revive its activities under the rule of
Mohammad Mosaddegh
in the early 1950s?
IR-40
, an
Iranian
heavy water reactor
, could produce 10 kilograms (22 lb) to 12 kilograms (26 lb) of
plutonium
, enough to build two
nuclear weapons
, each year?
Lake Urmia
,
Iran
's largest
lake
, is too
salty
to support
fish
?
Azerbaijanis
live in
Iran
,
Georgia
,
Turkey
,
Iraq
and the
United States
, as well as
Azerbaijan
?
Tanaz Eshaghian
's film
Be Like Others
explores the experiences of
transsexuals
in
Iran
, a country that outlaws
homosexuality
but sanctions
sex-reassignment surgery
?
Marzieh Meshkini
's
2000 film
The Day I Became a Woman
depicts three stages in the lives of
Iranian
women, focusing on a nine-year-old girl, a married woman, and an elderly widow?
Louis Merrilat
played
football
with
Dwight Eisenhower
at
West Point
, trained
Iran
's Persian Guard, and served as a
soldier of fortune
in
China
and with the
French Foreign Legion
?
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani
is on death row in
Iran
for the crime of
adultery
, and was originally to be executed by
stoning
?
King
Farouk I
of
Egypt
secretly communicated with representatives of
Nazi Germany
during
World War II
through his father-in-law
Youssef Zulficar Pasha
, Egypt's first ambassador to
Iran
?
a
Transporte Aéreo Rioplatense
Canadair CL-44
crashed in the
Soviet Union
in 1981, after smuggling arms from
Israel
to
Iran
during the
Iran-Contra affair
?
The Land of Green Plums
by
Nobel Prize
winner
Herta Müller
, depicting life in a totalitarian state, became a favorite of
Iranian
activist
Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
soon after he was released from jail?
Jews of Iran
is the first
documentary film
about
Iran
's
Jewish minority
?
riots broke out
among
Azeris
in
Iran
after a newspaper published a cartoon about a
cockroach
?
Iran
and
Cuba
have been seeking to
strengthen their relationship
in recent years?
Facts on topics related to Iran
Iraq
Colorado
state representative
Joe Rice
(
pictured
) resigned from the
Glendale
city council in 2003 when called up to serve in the
U.S. Army
in
Iraq
, where he advised the
Baghdad
city council?
Iraqi
poet
Nazik Al-Malaika
was the first person to write in
free verse
in
Arabic
?
Iraqi
refugee
Wafaa Bilal
was shot by more than 60,000
paintballs
in a month-long
performance art
piece in
Chicago
?
Iraqi
lawyer
Dheyaa al-Saadi
was elected president of the
Iraqi Bar Association
in 2006, but his election was annulled because he was once a member of
Saddam Hussein
's
Baath Party
?
Major-General
Tim Cross
was one of the most senior
British
military officers involved in the reconstruction of
Iraq
after the
2003 invasion
?
Palestinian nationalist
poet
Ibrahim Touqan
wrote the poem
Mawtini
, which has been the national anthem of
Iraq
since 2003?
private military companies
operating in
Iraq
use the
Mamba
armoured personnel carrier
because it appears "less aggressive"?
United States Marine
Sergeant
Aubrey McDade
(pictured)
was awarded the
Navy Cross
for his actions in
Iraq
in 2004?
U.S. Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates
has expanded the
Human Terrain Team
program to match
anthropologists
with every
brigade
in
Iraq
and
Afghanistan
?
Azerbaijanis
live in
Iran
,
Georgia
,
Turkey
,
Iraq
and the
United States
, as well as
Azerbaijan
?
Azerbaijan
Welshman
Sir Gore Ouseley
arranged for
Azerbaijan
to become part of the
Russian Empire
in 1814?
Azerbaijanis
live in
Iran
,
Georgia
,
Turkey
,
Iraq
and the
United States
, as well as
Azerbaijan
?
Dushanbe riots in 1990
were sparked by the rumour that a couple of thousand
Armenian
refugees from
Azerbaijan
had been resettled to
Dushanbe
?
Martyrs' Lane
in
Baku
,
Azerbaijan
, is dedicated to those killed by the
Red Army
during
Black January
and later to those killed in
Nagorno-Karabakh War
?
Qabala treasures
, monetary
treasure troves
discovered in
Azerbaijan
, contain
drachmas
of
Alexander the Great
and
denarii
of four
Roman Emperors
?
after being imprisoned for allegedly leading
Islamic militants
in
Azerbaijan
,
Ahmad Salama Mabruk
began leading a new
militant
group within prison?
as
Azerbaijan
Commissar of Public Roads,
Chingiz Ildyrym
oversaw the construction of the first
electrified railway
in the
Soviet Union
?
during one of the
Caspian expeditions of the Rus
, the city of
Barda
in
Azerbaijan
was saved from complete destruction only by an outbreak of
dysentery
among the
Rus
?
during the
G-8
Summit in
Germany
on June 7-8, Russian president
Vladimir Putin
offered to deploy elements of an American anti-misssile shield in
Qabala Radiolocation Station
in
Azerbaijan
instead of
Poland
and the
Czech Republic
?
in the early 1990s,
Surət Hüseynov
successfully led a military
coup d'état
in
Azerbaijan
to become the
Prime Minister
?
Pakistan
India
and
Pakistan
have expanded
cross-border road and rail transport links
, including across the
disputed region
of
Kashmir
?
Indian
businessman
Ness Wadia
, a co-owner of the
Indian Premier League
cricket team
Kings XI Punjab
, is the great-grandson of
Pakistan
founder
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
?
Muslim
scholar
Maulvi Abdul Haq
is decorated as the
Father of
Urdu
in
Pakistan
?
Pakistan
established
bilateral relations
with
Nepal
in 1962-63 and agreed to provide free trade access and transport facilities to Nepal at the
Chittagong Port
?
Pakistan
's newly created
Ministry of Human Rights
has announced a law which will assist in uncovering the fate of thousands who have disappeared since the
War on Terror
began?
Pakistani
Sufi
singer
Sain Zahoor
(pictured)
cut his first record in 2006, was nominated for the
BBC World Music awards
by word of mouth, and was the winner for the Asia/Pacific region that year?
Pakistani
actress
Maria Wasti
played a role depicting philanthropist and
Lenin Peace Prize
winner
Bilquis Edhi
?
Pakistani
actress
Veena Malik
(pictured)
has emerged as one of the leading women on
Pakistani television
with her abilities in
improvisational
mimicry
?
Pakistani
artist
Anwar Shemza
changed his name so it would match that of his studio in
Lahore
?
Pakistani
general
Zahirul Islam Abbasi
plotted a
coup d'etat
against then-
Prime Minister
Benazir Bhutto
in
1995
?
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