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Assembly of Experts |
Elected body that chooses supreme leader |
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Basij |
"People's militia" that serves as a public... |
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bonyads |
Parstatl foundations made in part from assets... |
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Chief justice |
Head of the judiciary |
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Expediency Council |
Appointed body that mediates between the... |
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Farsi |
Language of Iran |
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Guardian council |
Appointed body that vets candidates for office... |
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Iran-Iraq war |
1080-1988Conflict between the two countries... |
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Islamic Republic of Iran |
Name for post-revloutionary Iran |
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Islamism or Ismamic fundamentalism |
the belief that islam should be the source... |
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Ali Khamenei |
Current Supreme leader of Iran |
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Mohammad Khatami |
President of Iran from 1997-2005 |
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Ruhollah Khomeini |
first Supreme leader of Iran from 1980 to... |
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Koran |
Central holy book of Islam |
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Majlis |
Legislature of Iran |
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Muhammed |
Main prophet of Islam |
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Mohammed Mosaddeq |
Prime Minister of Iran deposed in 1953... |
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National Front |
Political Party in Iran following WWII which... |
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Operation Ajax |
U.S. and UK backed overthrow of Iranian Prime... |
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Reza Khan Pahlavi |
Monarch of Iran from 1925 to 1941 |
