Iran

Iran (Persian: ?????) is a Middle Eastern country located in Southwest Asia bordering Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkmenistan to the north, Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, Turkey and Iraq to the west. Although locally known as Iran at least since the Sassanian period, until 1935 the country was referred to in the West as Persia. In 1959, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi announced that both terms could be used. In 1979 a revolution which was eventually led by the Ayatollah Khomeini, established a theocratic Islamic Republic, changing the country's official name into the Islamic Republic of Iran (?????? ?????? ?????). The name Iran is a cognate of the Aryan meaning "Land of the Aryans."

External links

Official Government Links

The following websites belong to the various branches of government, or are directly operated by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran:

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• Official site of the Supreme Leader, (Qom office)
• Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran - Official website.
• The Council of Guardians, Official website.
• The Majlis, Iran's parliament. (2).
• The Judiciary of The Islamic Republic of Iran
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Science, Research and Technology
• Ministry of Health and Medical Education
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
• Ministry of Commerce
• Ministry of Energy
• Ministry of Petroleum
• Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
• Ministry of Industry and Mines
• Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces
• Ministry of Roads and Transportation
• Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
• Ministry of Interior
• Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, (2)
• Ministry of Cooperation
• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Economic and Finance Affairs
• Secretariat of The High Council of Iran Free Trade Industrial Zones
• Secretariat of The High Council of The Cultural Revolution
• Official Spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Islamic Republic of Iran Atomic Energy Organization
• Islamic Republic of Iran Police Forces
• Islamic Republic of Iran Academy of The Arts
• Islamic Republic of Iran Geological Survey Organization
• Islamic Republic of Iran Management and Planning Organization
• Islamic Republic of Iran Organization of Welfare
• Islamic Republic of Iran National Youth Organization
• Islamic Republic of Iran Judiciary Public Relations Bureau
• Islamic Republic of Iran Center for Affairs of Women's Participation
• Islamic Republic of Iran Academy of Medical Sciences
• Islamic Republic of Iran Cultural Heritage Organization
• Islamic Republic of Iran Headquarters for Combating Drugs
• Islamic Republic of Iran Academy of Persian Language and Literature
• Islamic Republic of Iran Department of Environment
• Islamic Republic of Iran International Center for Diologue Among Civilizations
• Islamic Republic of Iran Red Crescent Society
• Islamic Republic of Iran Physical Education Organization
• Islamic Republic of Iran Academy of Sciences
• Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, official website.
• Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Bonyad e Shahid Foundation
• Bonyad e Mostazafeen Foundation

Other links

• {{wikitravel}}
• Iran Travel and Tourism Guide
• BBC News - "Iran, Who holds the power?"
• Encyclopaedia Iranica
• Iranian Cultural & Information Center at Stanford University, California
• CIA World Factbook - Iran
• Library of Congress - Country Studies: Iran data as of May 1988
• LookSmart - Iran directory category
• Open Directory Project - Iran directory category
• Yahoo! - Iran directory category
• Yahoo! News Full Coverage Iran headline links
• HavenWorks' Iran News
• Directory of Iranian online newspapers
• http://www.iran-now.com News and Community Portal
• Iran Oil and Gas
• Freedom of Expression in Iran - IFEX
• List of alleged weapons
• The Dismal Reality of Ahlus Sunnah in Iran
• Iran, The Persian Gulf - Iran in the Persian Gulf
• List of Iranian High Commissions, embassies and consulates around the world.
• The Iran Elections - A guide to understanding the Iranian elections
• Iran Scan - An english blog from Iranians on elections and democracy in Iran
• Democracy in Iran Iran's road to democracy

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