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17 Caucasus cities seek annexation to Iran: Lawmaker An Iranian lawmaker says the people of 17 cities across Caucasus are interested in their cities getting annexed to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The 17 Caucasus cities, including the Azeri capital city of Baku, were separated from Iran...

Xenophon´s Cyropaedia The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC by the Athenian gentleman-soldier, and student of Socrates, Xenophon of Athens. The Latinized title Cyropaedia derives from Greek Kúrou paideía...

Yes..Dhul-Qarnayn... Cyrus the Great in the Quran is a theory that holds that the character of Dhul-Qarnayn, mentioned in the Quran, is in fact Cyrus the Great. Dhul-Qarnayn (Arabic for "the two-horned") is mentioned in the Quran. The story of Dhul-Qarnayn appears in sixteen verses of the...

Don't underestimate Ahmadinejad's chosen heir in Iran election Despite the widespread belief that Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei will be barred from standing, he might well win Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and his close ally, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei. It is time to think the unthinkable...

My favourite part is the chorus: ”Az Faars ta Khazar Iran neshasteast” ”Between Faars provinces to Khazar (Caspian sea) Iran has been seated” “In Shir panjeye Ivan shekasteast” “This Lion (referring to Iran, a symbol in the previous flag and also...

Chess / Chatrang Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in...

Minister: Iran's Int'l Science Production Ranking Improves "The Islamic Republic of Iran has improved its ranking to 17 in 2013 from 20 in 2012 in the scale of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and to 15 in 2013 from 17 in 2012 in the Scopus scale," Daneshjou said on Saturday. He...

Catch a rising (Iranian) star By M K Bhadrakumar– March 27, 2013 Exactly a month ago, when I wrote that a candidate to watch in the Iranian presidential elections on June 12 would be former foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati, it was a shot in the dark but also was a considered opinion...

Kerry: Iran has an ‘elected’ government Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that Iran has an "elected" government, echoing a comment for which Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was pilloried in his confirmation hearing last month. "Iran is a country with a government that was...

Kerry says Iran talks useful, hopes Tehran will engage US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that two days of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers had been useful and said a serious engagement by Iran could lead to a longer-term, comprehensive agreement. Kerry, who was...

Iran draft budget slashes oil dependency Iran’s new budget expects $30 billion in oil earnings, down from $51 billion expected last year, and far below the more than $100 billion of actual earnings in the year ending in March 2012. (Reuters) Iran on Wednesday unveiled a draft annual...

Turkey, Iran, and the West By Sophia Moropoulos This time last year the West was looking, maybe even hoping, for a new dichotomy between Turkey and Iran. In the throes of the Arab Spring, Turkey became host to the NATO missile shield and began supporting the Syrian opposition. Iran, in...

Perhaps..but it would have also without any doubt gone fully nuclear for sure...thats the trump card of Iran..

Is this the turning point?

Turkish FM says Ankara supports Iran nuclear rights Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has once again reaffirmed Ankara's support for Iran's right to have a peaceful nuclear program. Nuclear technology is the product of humanity and all nations have the right to use this...

Iran tells Zardari pipeline must advance despite US opposition A handout picture released by the official website of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows Khamenei (R) talking with Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a meeting...

Iran hails turning point in nuclear talks Six-nation group offers concessions including sanctions relief in return for acceptance of limits on uranium enrichment. Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, in Almaty. Photograph: Stanislav Filippov/AFP/Getty Images Iran has...

Irans quite advanced ship building industry is fully capable of satisfying domestic needs as well as foreign exports...so the idea of buying turkish ship will probably not be realized..Iran wants hard cashe for its energy sales to Turkey..besides, according to the latest news from the nuclear...

Iran Nuclear Talks With World Powers 'Useful' By Lisa Holland, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Talks between Iran and six world powers over its nuclear programme will continue for a second day into Wednesday. Both sides appear to have come to the discussions in Almaty, Kazakhstan...