Iran Is NOT The Problem

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/John.Rand.Group/permalink/244422415685435/ SEE MORE AT ; https://www.facebook.com/groups/Shanghai.Cooperation.Organization/ ALSO SEE MORE AT ; https://sites.google.com/site/kitkirja/iran SHARES https://www.facebook.com/shares/view?id=211410195651590 Islamic Republic https://www.facebook.com/groups/John.Rand.Group/ جمهوری اسلامی ایران Motto: استقلال. آزادی. جمهوری اسلامی Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic Spoken languages Persian, Azeri, Kurdish, Lori, Gilaki, Mazandarani, Balochi, Arabic, Turkmen, Qashqai, Pashto, Armenian, Talysh - Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi - Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani - Chief Justice Sadeq Larijani Legislature Islamic Consultative Assembly Unification - Median Empire 625 BCE - Achaemenid Empire 550 BCE - Safavid Empire 1501 : ایران‎ [Islamic Republic of Iran Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ایران‎ The name "Iran", which in Persian means "Land of the Aryans", has been in use natively since the Sassanian era. It came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia It is a country of particular geopolitical significance owing to its location in the Middle East and central Eurasia. Iran is bordered on the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. As Iran is a littoral state of the Caspian Sea, which is an inland sea, Kazakhstan and Russia are also Iran's direct neighbors to the north. Iran is bordered on the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by Iraq and on the northwest by Turkey. Tehran is the capital, the country's largest city and the political, cultural, commercial and industrial center of the nation. Iran is a regional power, and holds an important position in international energy security and world economy as a result of its large reserves of petroleum and natural gas. Iran has the second largest proven natural gas reserves in world and fourth largest proven petroleum reserves. The first dynasty in Iran formed during the Elamite kingdom in 2800 BC. The Iranian Medes unified Iran into an empire in 625 BC. They were succeeded by the Iranian Achaemenid Empire, the Hellenic Seleucid Empire and two subsequent Iranian empires, Parthians and Sassanids, before Muslim conquest in 651 AD. Iranian post-Islamic dynasties and empires expanded the Persian language and culture throughout the Iranian plateau. Early Iranian dynasties which re-asserted Iranian independence included the Tahirids, Saffarids, Samanids and Buyids. The blossoming of Persian literature, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, mathematics and art became major elements of Muslim civilization. Iranian identity continued despite foreign rule in the ensuing centuries and Persian culture was adopted also by the Ghaznavids Seljuk, Ilkhanid and Timurid rulers. The emergence in 1501 of the Safavid dynasty, which promoted Twelver Shia Islam as the official religion of their empire, marked one of the most important turning points in Iranian and Muslim history. The Persian Constitutional Revolution established the nation's first parliament in 1906, within a constitutional monarchy. In 1953 Iran became an authoritarian regime, following a coup d'état instigated by the UK and US. Growing dissent with foreign influence culminated during the Iranian Revolution which led to establishment of an Islamic republic on 1 April 1979. Iran is a founding member of the UN, NAM, OIC and OPEC. The political system of Iran, based on the 1979 constitution, comprises several intricately connected governing bodies. The highest state authority is the Supreme Leader. Shia Islam is the official religion and Persian is the official language. Main articles: Iranian Revolution, History of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Iran--Iraq War Further information: 2009--2010 Iranian election protests. The Iranian Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolution, began in January 1978 with the first major demonstrations against the Shah. After strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the country and its economy, the Shah fled the country in January 1979 and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile to Tehran. The Pahlavi dynasty collapsed ten days later, on 11 February, when Iran's military declared itself "neutral" after guerrillas and rebel troops overwhelmed troops loyal to the Shah in armed street fighting. Iran officially became an Islamic Republic on 1 April 1979, when Iranians overwhelmingly approved a national referendum to make it so. [In parallel nation wide uprisings against the new regime erupted in Kordestan, Khuzestan, Balochistan and other areas, though were eventually subdued, with some lasting until late 1980.