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A chapter of Iran's history followed after roughly six hundred years of conflict with the Roman Empire. During this time, the Sassanian and Romano-Byzantine armies clashed for influence in Anatolia, the western Caucasus (mainly Lazica and the Kingdom of Iberia; modern-day Georgia and Abkhazia), Mesopotamia, Armenia and the Levant. Under ...
The Soviet-backed Kurdish Republic of Mahabad declared its independence from Iran. 2 March: Iran crisis: British troops withdrew from Iran. The Soviet Union violated its prior agreement and remained. 9 May: Iran crisis: The Soviet Union withdrew from Iran. 11 December: Iran regained control over the territory of the Azerbaijan People's ...
History of Iran from Islamic Conquest to appearance of Semi-Independent and Independent Governments; Topics such as the conquest of Iran and the last days of the Sassanid government; Iran in the era of Arab ethnic rule, Iranians and the rise of the Abbasid state; Iranian Ministry and Bureaucracy and part of the Eastern and Western governments ...
The Cambridge History of Iran is a multi-volume survey of Iranian history published in the United Kingdom by Cambridge University Press.The seven volumes cover "the history and historical geography of the land which is present-day Iran, as well as other territories inhabited by peoples of Iranian descent, from prehistoric times up to the present.
Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
The greatest danger of escalation lies in miscalculated an attack carried out by Iran and its proxies on one side, or the U.S. and its allies on the other - for example, the killing of U.S. troops.
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