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81Sunni-Shia relations — Sunni and Shia (or Shiite) are the two major denominations of Islam. The demographic breakdown between the two groups is difficult to assess and varies by source, but a good approximation is that 85% of the world s muslims are Sunni, and 15% are… …
82Name of Iran — Contents 1 Etymology of Iran 2 Etymology of Persia 3 The two names in the West …
83Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas — Operation Undeniable Victory Part of Iran–Iraq War …
84Operation Badr (Iran–Iraq War) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Operation Badr partof=Iran–Iraq War caption= date=10 March 20 March 1985 place=northeast of al Qurnah casus=Iranian attempt to cut off Basra from Baghdad territory=Iran captures a part of the Baghdad Basra… …
85Political thought and legacy of Khomeini — The Political thought and legacy of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Mustafavi Khomeini refers to the impact of the religious and political ideas of that leader of the Iranian Revolution, one of the major revolutions of the 20th century. Under his …
86The Soviet Union and the Iran–Iraq War — The policy of the Soviet Union towards the Iran–Iraq War of 1980 to 1988 varied, beginning with a stance of strict neutrality and moving towards massive military support for Iraq in the final phase of the war. The war was inconvenient for the… …
87Daryush Shokof — (Persian: داریوش شکوف) (born Ali Reza Shokoufandeh on June 25, 1954) is an Iranian artist, film director, philosopher, writer, art director, and film producer, and singer. He was born in Tehran, Iran, but lives in Germany. Contents 1 Background 2 …
88CIA activities in Iran — Main article: CIA activities in the Near East, North Africa, South and Southwest Asia Contents 1 1952 2 1953 3 1957 4 1975 …
89CIA activities in Iraq — Main article: CIA activities in the Near East, North Africa, South and Southwest Asia U.S. support of various Iraqi regimes was predicated upon the notion that Iraq was a key buffer state in geopolitical relations with the Soviet Union. A US… …
90Persian literature — Introduction body of writings in New Persian (also called Modern Persian), the form of the Persian language written since the 9th century with a slightly extended form of the Arabic alphabet and with many Arabic loanwords. The literary form …
