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- Spring Wind - This is How Real Iran Looks
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- The Man Who Changed The World - Iran and the West
- Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown - Iran
- History of Iranian Empires
- Ethno-linguistic Peoples of Iran
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I just got banned from the subreddit askmiddleeast for this post. Me of all people, an IRGC bot. 😂
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Persian Style Rice With A Crispy Golden Tahdig طرز تهیه پلو ایرانی با ...
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Kelane Bread طرز تهیه نان کلانه
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Do you believe Shiism is intertwined with Iranian culture?
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Looking for sword from Dhofar War?
Hi, I'm looking for the image of what an iranian battle sword would have looked like from the dhofar war. My grandfather was in the army, and I'd like to get a replica of the sword (or if possible real model) for my father as a christmas gift. So far, I've tried to look, but have come up empty-handed, as I'm absolutely terrible at navigating sword blogs, history sites, etc. My grandfather was a general with the shah's army (please do not take this in any political context of any of my family's beliefs, as it was over 60 yrs ago), and my father wanted to keep his sword after he moved to the U.S., but my step-grandmother couldn't find it, and it's one of his biggest regrets.
Thank you so much!
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Is Javad Zarif popular in Iran?
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How To Make Persian Cucumber Stew خورش فسنجون خیار #cucumberstew
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Iranian Kings of the Past
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the last great Asiatic military conqueror
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پادکست «برداشت چندم». این برداشت، نقد و بررسی فیلم جوکر: جنون مشترک (در تمام پلتفرمها قابل شنیدنه)
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What if Iran has a nuclear bomb?
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What if Iran has a nuclear bomb?
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Why Iran is impossible to beat ... (not the unspeakable nuke they now have) something else
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Indians in Iran
I was wondering how many Indians live in Iran? India official website says around 10K, but that seems low? Also there’s an estimated 40K Hindus in Iran, & obviously not all Hindus are Indian, but then 10K seems so low?
Are there any other estimates?
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Which non-Iranian person is the most famous person known by people in Iran in your opinion?
No religious figures
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America, Elon Musk & relations
According to New York Times, Elon spoke with the Iranian UN ambassador in New York to defuse tensions, what do you?
Will they be able to strike a massive deal? If they do, I pray to god that the deal will force hijab to not be mandatory and allow the country to be more free?
Do you think it could happen?
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if the Islamic Republic has its sanctions removed & trades with the West, what Iranian product would you like to see become popular globally?
It can be anything
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The remains of Sarvestan Palace located in Pars province. This structure was built during the time of the Sassanian Empire.
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Iranian Twitch streamer FaZe Kaysan got demonetized for having "Iran" as a tag on stream.
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Hi Is It Possible To Obtain Iranian Citizenship In This Scenario? Please Read
I was born in Iran, to an Iranian mother and Iraqi-Kurd father. Unfortunately when I was born there in 1994, they never gave my mother paperwork to show that I am her son. My mom fought for it at the time, but they said they cannot give anything since my father was not Iranian. My name is not even in my mothers paperwork or history in Iran. I basically don't exist in Iran, no record at all.
My mom is currently in Iran visiting family and apparently a family-friend apparently spoke to one or two lawyers and was told that nothing can be done about this inside of Iran and that we must apparently speak to the embassy in washington if I want to get citizenship. Embassy of Pakistan I believe in Washington I believe. My Canadian passport says I was born in Iran and I also have whats called a "Record Of Landing" document from the Canadian government that also says I was born in Iran also. This was given to us at the time we entered Canada many years ago....
I am hoping some people can give me advice on this, on how to proceed and obtain Iranian Citizenship.
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