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			* According to the Iranian Constitution, the government is required to provide every citizen with access to social security, covering retirement, unemployment, old age, disability, accidents, calamities, health and medical treatment and care services. - Wikipedia
			* Agriculture first appeared in Iran some 12,000 years ago alongside better-documented settlements in the Fertile Crescent. - Wikipedia
	* Area: 1,648,195 sq km - CIA World Factbook		* Area: 1,648,195 sq km - CIA World Factbook
			* As of 2025, Iran was home to an estimated four million Afghan migrants and refugees. - Wikipedia
			* At different times, influences from neighboring civilizations have been important, and latterly Persian art gave and received major influences as part of the wider styles of Islamic art. - Wikipedia
	* Background: Conservative clerical forces led by Ayatollah Ruhollah KHOMEINI established a theocratic system of government with ultimate political authority vested in a religious scholar known as the Supreme Leader, who is accountable only to the Assembly of Experts -- an elected 88-member body of clerics. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: Conservative clerical forces led by Ayatollah Ruhollah KHOMEINI established a theocratic system of government with ultimate political authority vested in a religious scholar known as the Supreme Leader, who is accountable only to the Assembly of Experts -- an elected 88-member body of clerics. - CIA World Factbook
	* Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and Shah Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI was forced into exile. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and Shah Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI was forced into exile. - CIA World Factbook
	* Background: US-Iran relations became strained when Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 and held embassy personnel hostage until mid-January 1981. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: US-Iran relations became strained when Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 and held embassy personnel hostage until mid-January 1981. - CIA World Factbook
	* Branches: the military forces of Iran are divided between the Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC or Sepah):; ; Artesh: Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Air Force, Air Defense Forces; ; IRGC: Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Aerospace Force (controls strategic missile force), Qods Force (aka Quds Force; special operations), Cyber Electronic Command, Basij Paramilitary Forces; ; Ministry of Interior: Law Enforcement Command (FARAJA); ; Ministry of Intelligence and Security (2025) - CIA World Factbook		* Branches: the military forces of Iran are divided between the Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC or Sepah):; ; Artesh: Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Air Force, Air Defense Forces; ; IRGC: Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Aerospace Force (controls strategic missile force), Qods Force (aka Quds Force; special operations), Cyber Electronic Command, Basij Paramilitary Forces; ; Ministry of Interior: Law Enforcement Command (FARAJA); ; Ministry of Intelligence and Security (2025) - CIA World Factbook
			* By the time of the Sasanians, Iranian art had a renaissance. - Wikipedia
	* Capital: Tehran - CIA World Factbook		* Capital: Tehran - CIA World Factbook
	* Chief of state: Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI (since 4 June 1989) - CIA World Factbook		* Chief of state: Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI (since 4 June 1989) - CIA World Factbook
	* Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast - CIA World Factbook		* Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast - CIA World Factbook
			* Due to its young population, studies project that the growth will continue to slow until it stabilises at around 105 million by 2050. - Wikipedia
			* During the Middle Ages, Sasanian art played a prominent role in the formation of European and Asian mediaeval art. - Wikipedia
			* During the Safavid Empire in the 16th century, this style was used across a variety of media, and diffused from the court artists of the king, most being painters. - Wikipedia
	* Equipment: the Iranian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and foreign equipment largely of Chinese, Russian/Soviet, and US origin (US equipment acquired prior to the Islamic Revolution in 1979); it also has some military equipment from North Korea such as midget submarines and ballistic missiles; in recent years, Iran has received some newer equipment from Russia; Iran has a defense industry with the capacity to develop, produce, support, and sustain air, land, missile, and naval weapons programs (2025) - CIA World Factbook		* Equipment: the Iranian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and foreign equipment largely of Chinese, Russian/Soviet, and US origin (US equipment acquired prior to the Islamic Revolution in 1979); it also has some military equipment from North Korea such as midget submarines and ballistic missiles; in recent years, Iran has received some newer equipment from Russia; Iran has a defense industry with the capacity to develop, produce, support, and sustain air, land, missile, and naval weapons programs (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Ethnic groups: Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen, and Turkic tribes - CIA World Factbook		* Ethnic groups: Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen, and Turkic tribes - CIA World Factbook
	* Expenditures: 2% of GDP (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Expenditures: 2% of GDP (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
			* From the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), the courts of successive dynasties led the style of Persian art, and court-sponsored art left many of the most impressive pieces that remain. - Wikipedia
	* Government type: theocratic republic - CIA World Factbook		* Government type: theocratic republic - CIA World Factbook
	* Head of government: President Masoud PEZESHKIAN (since 30 July 2024) - CIA World Factbook		* Head of government: President Masoud PEZESHKIAN (since 30 July 2024) - CIA World Factbook
			* Iran has one of the highest urban growth rates in the world. - Wikipedia
			* Iran has one of the richest art heritages in history and been strong in many media including architecture, painting, literature, music, metalworking, stonemasonry, weaving, calligraphy and sculpture. - Wikipedia
			* Iran hosts one of the largest refugee populations, with almost one million, mostly from Afghanistan and Iraq. - Wikipedia
			* Iran's fertility rate has dropped dramatically, from 6.5 children born per woman to about 1.7 two decades later, leading to a population growth rate of about 1.39% in 2018. - Wikipedia
			* Iran's population grew rapidly from about 19 million in 1956 to about 85 million by February 2023. - Wikipedia
	* Languages: Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic - CIA World Factbook		* Languages: Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic - CIA World Factbook
	* Legal system: religious system based on secular and Islamic law - CIA World Factbook		* Legal system: religious system based on secular and Islamic law - CIA World Factbook
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	* Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan - CIA World Factbook		* Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan - CIA World Factbook
	* Major urban areas: 9.500 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.368 million Mashhad, 2.258 million Esfahan, 1.721 million Shiraz, 1.661 million Tabriz, 1.594 million Karaj (2023) - CIA World Factbook		* Major urban areas: 9.500 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.368 million Mashhad, 2.258 million Esfahan, 1.721 million Shiraz, 1.661 million Tabriz, 1.594 million Karaj (2023) - CIA World Factbook
			* Many Middle Paleolithic sites have been discovered, mainly in the Zagros Mountains in western Iran and some sites associated with Neanderthals. - Wikipedia
	* Median age: 35.2 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Median age: 35.2 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur - CIA World Factbook		* Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur - CIA World Factbook
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	* Religions: Muslim (official) 98.5%, Christian 0.7%, Baha'i 0.3%, agnostic 0.3%, other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Hindu) 0.2% (2020 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Religions: Muslim (official) 98.5%, Christian 0.7%, Baha'i 0.3%, agnostic 0.3%, other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Hindu) 0.2% (2020 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Terrain: rugged, mountainous rim; high, central basin with deserts, mountains; small, discontinuous plains along both coasts - CIA World Factbook		* Terrain: rugged, mountainous rim; high, central basin with deserts, mountains; small, discontinuous plains along both coasts - CIA World Factbook
			* The Chogha Golan site featured early domestication of emmer wheat. - Wikipedia
			* The Islamic style of dense decoration, geometrically laid out, developed in Iran into an elegant and harmonious style, combining motifs derived from plants with Chinese motifs such as the cloud-band, and often animals represented at a smaller scale. - Wikipedia
			* The Kura–Araxes culture (c. 3400 – c. 2000 BC) existed in northwestern Iran and the Caucasus. - Wikipedia
			* The Safavid era is known as the Golden Age of Iranian art. - Wikipedia
			* The Zarzian culture is documented in Iran during the Epipaleolithic (25,000–11,500 years ago). - Wikipedia
			* The ancient city of Susa, which would become the capital of Elam and later a capital city of the Achaemenid empire, was first settled in 4400–4200 BC, adjacent to the modern site of Shush, Iran. - Wikipedia
			* The contemporary site of Ganj Dareh also features the earliest known domestication of goats around 10,000 years ago. - Wikipedia
			* The earliest known presence of hominins in Iran dates to around 800,000 years ago, in the Middle Paleolithic. - Wikipedia
			* This is covered by tax revenues and income derived from public contributions. - Wikipedia
	* Urbanization: 77.3% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook		* Urbanization: 77.3% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook

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	* Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and Shah Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI was forced into exile. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and Shah Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI was forced into exile. - CIA World Factbook
	* Background: US-Iran relations became strained when Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 and held embassy personnel hostage until mid-January 1981. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: US-Iran relations became strained when Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 and held embassy personnel hostage until mid-January 1981. - CIA World Factbook
			* Branches: the military forces of Iran are divided between the Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC or Sepah):; ; Artesh: Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Air Force, Air Defense Forces; ; IRGC: Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Aerospace Force (controls strategic missile force), Qods Force (aka Quds Force; special operations), Cyber Electronic Command, Basij Paramilitary Forces; ; Ministry of Interior: Law Enforcement Command (FARAJA); ; Ministry of Intelligence and Security (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Capital: Tehran - CIA World Factbook		* Capital: Tehran - CIA World Factbook
	* Chief of state: Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI (since 4 June 1989) - CIA World Factbook		* Chief of state: Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI (since 4 June 1989) - CIA World Factbook
	* Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast - CIA World Factbook		* Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast - CIA World Factbook
			* Equipment: the Iranian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and foreign equipment largely of Chinese, Russian/Soviet, and US origin (US equipment acquired prior to the Islamic Revolution in 1979); it also has some military equipment from North Korea such as midget submarines and ballistic missiles; in recent years, Iran has received some newer equipment from Russia; Iran has a defense industry with the capacity to develop, produce, support, and sustain air, land, missile, and naval weapons programs (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Ethnic groups: Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen, and Turkic tribes - CIA World Factbook		* Ethnic groups: Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen, and Turkic tribes - CIA World Factbook
			* Expenditures: 2% of GDP (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Government type: theocratic republic - CIA World Factbook		* Government type: theocratic republic - CIA World Factbook
	* Head of government: President Masoud PEZESHKIAN (since 30 July 2024) - CIA World Factbook		* Head of government: President Masoud PEZESHKIAN (since 30 July 2024) - CIA World Factbook
	* Languages: Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic - CIA World Factbook		* Languages: Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic - CIA World Factbook
	* Legal system: religious system based on secular and Islamic law - CIA World Factbook		* Legal system: religious system based on secular and Islamic law - CIA World Factbook
			* Life expectancy: 75.6 years (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
			* Literacy: 86% (2016 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan - CIA World Factbook		* Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan - CIA World Factbook
			* Major urban areas: 9.500 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.368 million Mashhad, 2.258 million Esfahan, 1.721 million Shiraz, 1.661 million Tabriz, 1.594 million Karaj (2023) - CIA World Factbook
			* Median age: 35.2 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur - CIA World Factbook		* Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur - CIA World Factbook
			* Personnel: information varies; up to 600,000 total active armed forces personnel; estimated 400,000 Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (350,000 Ground Forces; 18,000 Navy; 40,000 Air Force/Air Defense Forces); up to estimated 190,000 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (100-150,000 Ground Forces; 20,000 Navy; 15,000 Aerospace Force; 5,000 Qods Force); estimated 90,000 active Basij Paramilitary Forces (2025) - CIA World Factbook
			* Population: 89,177,357 (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Religions: Muslim (official) 98.5%, Christian 0.7%, Baha'i 0.3%, agnostic 0.3%, other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Hindu) 0.2% (2020 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Religions: Muslim (official) 98.5%, Christian 0.7%, Baha'i 0.3%, agnostic 0.3%, other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Hindu) 0.2% (2020 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Terrain: rugged, mountainous rim; high, central basin with deserts, mountains; small, discontinuous plains along both coasts - CIA World Factbook		* Terrain: rugged, mountainous rim; high, central basin with deserts, mountains; small, discontinuous plains along both coasts - CIA World Factbook
			* Urbanization: 77.3% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook

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Dated events for '''Iran''', generated from the archive. Each line is one headline as it was recorded.

=== 2026-08-25 ===
* Iran vows to retaliate after US widens sanctions - almonitor

=== 2026-08-24 ===
* Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - irna

=== 2026-05-08 ===
* Helvetian hypocrisy and Iran - JNS.org

=== 2026-05-01 ===
* Recalling Damascus on the Hudson - The Broadsheet

=== 2026-04-26 ===
* Damascus, Scatter Brain, and New Faces - The Trek

=== 2026-04-25 ===
* Tracking Chinese and Russian Statements on the Iran War - The Washington Institute

=== 2026-04-17 ===
* Damascus, MD - gnews

=== 2026-04-15 ===
* Discover - Twin Cities PBS

=== 2026-04-03 ===
* Winning an Unpopular War: U.S. Strategy in the Iran Conflict - Small Wars Journal

=== 2026-03-25 ===
* Acknowledgments - Pew Research Center
* The Choking of Hormuz - The New York Times

=== 2026-03-24 ===
* Trump declares victory and claims Iran offers a 'prize' in talks Iran has denied having - NPR

=== 2026-03-08 ===
* Iran’s Risky Gamble - Quillette

=== 2026-03-07 ===
* Purification by fire: The red heifer and Iran - The Jerusalem Post

=== 2026-03-06 ===
* The end of Iran’s strategic patience - Al Jazeera

=== 2026-03-05 ===
* Whither Palestine and the Palestinians? - Arab Center Washington DC

=== 2026-03-02 ===
* Live Updates: U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran widens - PBS

=== 2026-03-01 ===
* Maps and charts of the Iran War - Reuters
* Trump on Iran: 'US will avenge the deaths of Americans' - DW.com

=== 2026-02-28 ===
* Iran After the Ayatollah - Christianity Today

=== 2026-02-27 ===
* Shipping Tribune - shippingtribune.com

=== 2026-02-10 ===
* Cutting Through the Fog of War (and Peace) in Syria - The Washington Institute

=== 2026-01-28 ===
* Iran is out of good options - Defense Priorities

=== 2026-01-17 ===
* Trump Is Considering Bombing Iran. Here’s How Iran Might Respond. - The National Interest

=== 2026-01-16 ===
* Iran Endgame? Protests, Repression, and the Trump Administration - The Washington Institute

=== 2025-12-23 ===
* ‘Strike on Iran’ Filmmakers Were Closely Monitored as They Filmed in Iran for Two Weeks - PBS

=== 2025-12-20 ===
* Iran’s Regime Projects Military Defiance as Domestic Crises Tighten the Squeeze - National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI

=== 2025-12-15 ===
* Opinion | Iran and Its Terrorist Proxies Plot a Comeback - WSJ

=== 2025-12-12 ===
* Msayleh - Human Rights Watch

=== 2025-11-24 ===
* Return of the Nameless Heroes of Iran - WANA News Agency

=== 2025-11-18 ===
* Hamas - Middle East Institute

=== 2025-11-10 ===
* Pakistan Offers Another Vector for U.S.-Iran Diplomacy - Gulf International Forum

=== 2025-11-05 ===
* Iran Update, November 5, 2025 - Critical Threats

=== 2025-11-03 ===
* Iran Policy Memo: What Comes Next? - J Street

=== 2025-10-30 ===
* Iran names new ambassador to Armenia - Armenpress

=== 2025-10-27 ===
* Sink Iran’s Navy - Middle East Forum

=== 2025-10-26 ===
* Javad Naeimi: Mossad Spy or a Victim? - WANA News Agency

=== 2025-10-13 ===
* Iran Update, October 13, 2025 - Critical Threats
* Poor Syria - Arab American Institute

=== 2025-10-07 ===
* Anything Could Happen in Iran - The Atlantic

=== 2025-10-01 ===
* Focus on the Druze - Jewish Policy Center
* Gas and Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean - Arab Center Washington DC

=== 2025-09-30 ===
* The Risk and Reward of Preventive Strikes Against Iran - The Washington Institute

=== 2025-09-28 ===
* Snapback on Iran is anticlimactic in post-airstrike reality - The Jerusalem Post

=== 2025-09-27 ===
* Iran Cannot Support the Two State Solution - RealClearWorld

=== 2025-09-26 ===
* Iran, Russia sign $25B deal to build four nuclear power plants in southern Iran - TRT World
* Israel - General Debate

=== 2025-09-25 ===
* Iran’s Lost Children: Tens of Thousands of Students Sacrificed in the Iran-Iraq War - National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI

=== 2025-09-24 ===
* Returning to Yarmouk - Jewish Currents

=== 2025-09-17 ===
* Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation - Transnational Institute
* History of the Kaaba - TRT World
* Iran Update, September 17, 2025 - Critical Threats

=== 2025-09-05 ===
* Discontent Amid Despair - Riddle Russia

=== 2025-09-01 ===
* Iran Update, September 1, 2025 - Critical Threats

=== 2025-08-31 ===
* Iran’s Relations with China and Russia Following the Israel–Iran War - inss.org.il - gnews

=== 2025-08-29 ===
* Iran's Pezeshkian says Iran does not seek war, but Israel, US seek to 'divide, destroy Iran' - Reuters
* The Path to a Good-Enough Iran Deal - Foreign Affairs
* UK, France and Germany move to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran - BBC

=== 2025-08-26 ===
* Ukraine, Land Swaps, and Patriotic Assassination - Cato Institute

=== 2025-08-25 ===
* Talking and Fighting Intersect in Gaza - The Soufan Center

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* Area: 1,648,195 sq km - CIA World Factbook
* Background: Conservative clerical forces led by Ayatollah Ruhollah KHOMEINI established a theocratic system of government with ultimate political authority vested in a religious scholar known as the Supreme Leader, who is accountable only to the Assembly of Experts -- an elected 88-member body of clerics. - CIA World Factbook
* Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and Shah Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI was forced into exile. - CIA World Factbook
* Background: US-Iran relations became strained when Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 and held embassy personnel hostage until mid-January 1981. - CIA World Factbook
* Capital: Tehran - CIA World Factbook
* Chief of state: Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI (since 4 June 1989) - CIA World Factbook
* Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast - CIA World Factbook
* Ethnic groups: Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen, and Turkic tribes - CIA World Factbook
* Government type: theocratic republic - CIA World Factbook
* Head of government: President Masoud PEZESHKIAN (since 30 July 2024) - CIA World Factbook
* Languages: Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic - CIA World Factbook
* Legal system: religious system based on secular and Islamic law - CIA World Factbook
* Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan - CIA World Factbook
* Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur - CIA World Factbook
* Religions: Muslim (official) 98.5%, Christian 0.7%, Baha'i 0.3%, agnostic 0.3%, other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Hindu) 0.2% (2020 est.) - CIA World Factbook
* Terrain: rugged, mountainous rim; high, central basin with deserts, mountains; small, discontinuous plains along both coasts - CIA World Factbook

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