Bandar Abbas
(2002 pop. 321,000). Located on the Persian side of the Strait of Hormuz, Bandar Abbas is the major port in southeastern Iran. Its population is mainly a mixture of Arabs and Persians. Th...
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Tehran (dpa) - Three people were killed and nine injured in
southern Iran by Cyclone Gonu, state television network IRIB reported
Thursday.
There was no immed...
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Tehran (dpa) - Three people were killed and fifty injured in
southern Iran by Cyclone Gonu, state television network IRIB reported
Thursday.
The IRIB report h...
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Floods spawned by the remnants of Cyclone Gonu stranded dozens of tiny villages in the deserts of southern Iran on Friday, cutting off roads, power and communications and sending some residents int...
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One day, the spectators were shouting obscenities at American wrestler Mo Lawal after he beat his chest tauntingly before tackling his Iranian opponent. The next day, Friday, they were kissing him ...
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A team of U.S. wrestlers received a warm welcome Tuesday in Iran at a time of increasing tensions between the two countries, recalling the days before Tehran's reformers were defeated by its curren...
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Opponents of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took an early lead in key races in Iran's local elections, according to partial results announced Monday, with moderate conservatives winning con...
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The death toll from Cyclone Gonu rose to 61 on Saturday _ with dozens of others still missing and feared dead in Oman _ when Iranian state media reported nine new deaths from the storm.Residents of...
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered an embarrassing blow in local council races, according to partial election results Monday, in voting viewed as a sign of public discontent with his hard-line ...
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called President Bush "the most hated person" in the world on Thursday, keeping up his tirades against the West despite elections that showed Iranians want him to focu...
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Bandar Abbas
1ST LEAD: Three killed, nine injured by Cyclone Gonu in Iran
