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3 days ago · Following the March 1979 Islamic Republic referendum, in which 98% of Iranian voters approved the country's shift to an Islamic republic, the new government began efforts to draft the present-day Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Ayatollah Khomeini emerged as the Supreme Leader of Iran in December 1979.
- 1979 Referendum
A referendum on creating an Islamic Republic was held in...
- Mehdi Rahimi
Mehdi Rahimi was born in 1921, in Tehran, Qajar Iran....
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Presidential elections were held in Iran on 18 June 2021,...
- 1979 Referendum
16 hours ago · Iran, a mountainous, arid, and ethnically diverse country of southwestern Asia. The country maintains a rich and distinctive cultural and social continuity dating back to the Achaemenian period, which began in 550 bce. Since 1979 it has become known for its unique brand of Islamic republic.
- What is the official language of Iran?Persian (Fārsī) is the predominant and official language of Iran. A number of languages and dialects from three language families—Indo-European, Al...
- What countries border Iran?Iran is bounded to the north by Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, and the Caspian Sea; to the east by Pakistan and Afghanistan; to the south by th...
- Are Persia and Iran the same place?The region that is now known as Iran was traditionally known as Persia, with roots as a distinctive culture and society dating to the Achaemenian p...
- What is the main religion of Iran?The vast majority of Iranians are Muslims of the Ithnā ʿAsharī, or Twelver, Shiʿi branch, which is the official state religion. Iran’s populations...
1 day ago · He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the main leader of the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and ended the Iranian monarchy. Born in Khomeyn, in what is now Iran's Markazi province, his father was murdered in 1903 when Khomeini was two years old.
1 day ago · Ebrahim Raisi was an Iranian cleric, prosecutor, and politician who served as Iran’s head of the judiciary (2019–21) and later as the country’s president (2021–24). He received a religious education on the eve of the Iranian Revolution of 1979.
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5 days ago · The Iranian supreme leader serves for life and is the highest religious and political authority in the Islamic Republic. He is the commander in chief of the armed forces and oversees other...
4 days ago · Ali Khamenei (born July 15, 1939?, Mashhad, Iran) is an Iranian cleric and politician who served as president of Iran (1981–89) and as that country’s rahbar, or leader, from 1989. A religious figure of some significance, Khamenei was generally addressed with the honorific ayatollah. Revolutionary role and presidency.
