Daivas
DAIVAS. The Iranian term daiva originally signified "god," as is shown in several occurrences of the word in the Avesta (Av., daēva; OPers., daiva; MPers., Pahl., dē...
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Iranian Religions
IRANIAN RELIGIONS. Because of the scarce and fragmented data in our possession, we do not know the religions of ancient Iran, other than Zoroastrianism, as organic systems endowed wi...
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Russia raised concerns Friday about proposals to extend U.N. sanctions against Iran to its elite Revolutionary Guards, while China warned that reducing credit to the Islamic country could punish th...
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Text of three letters released by Iranian authorities and purportedly from captured British sailor Faye Turney, with spacing, spelling and grammar as they appear in the originals.___RELEASED FRIDAY...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected a proposal by Oscar-winning movie director Oliver Stone to make a film about him because Stone is part of the "Great Satan" cultural establishment...
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At Iran's request, the U.N. Security Council on Thursday condemned the deadliest terrorist attack in the country in years and extended "sincere condolences" to the Iranian people _ but not to their...
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Tehran (dpa) - The 15 British naval personnel who were pardoned
for illegally entering Iranian waters flew home Thursday morning,
official news agency IRNA reported.
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Tehran/London (dpa) - The release by Tehran of 15 British naval
personnel captured nearly two weeks ago was greeted with relief by
the British government Wednesday as a tens...
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Daivas
Iran sanctions concern China, Russia
