UN member state || Location: Eurasia bordered by Armenia, Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Afghanistan || Capital: Tehran || Official Languages: Persian || Area: 1,648,195 sq.km || Population: 70.47 million || GDP per capita $10,624 || Currency: Rial (IRR)
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 Ayatollah Seyyed Hassan Modarres(1870 - 1937), was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time. Wikipedia |
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 Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Moosavi Khomeini (1900 – 1989) was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Shah of Iran. He became country's Supreme Leader. Wikipedia |
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