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    PAK-IRAN RELATIONS Chronicled BACKGROUND: After the chance of Pakistan in Aug 1947, Iran had the novel distinction of being the main country to overall distinguish the sovereign position of Pakistan. As of now, the two nations are financially savvy partners. This cooperation made due all through the Awesome War, with Iran helping Pakistan in its debate with main adversary, Local neighborhood Indian nearby. In return once more, Pakistan expanded Iran militarily amid the Iran– Iraq War in the Nineteen-eighties

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    Battle Analysis Karbala V Iran-Iraq War 9-28 January 1987 I. Introduction By 1987, The Iran- Iraq War had been fought to a bloody stalemate after seven years. Both nations were looking for a final victory that would secure regional dominance when the war ended. Iran, which enjoyed a 3-1 population advantage over the Baathists, had shocked Iraqi commanders by their use of "human wave" offensives to breach minefields and swarm positions. The religious furor of the Shias seemed to be a substitute

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    Chemical weapons have been used in warfare for years and years. From both world wars to more recent wars, chemical weapons have been developed and used. For the purpose of this writing, we will specifically be looking at the chemical weapons used in World War I and the Massacre at Halabja during the Iran/Iraq War of 1988. We will take a look at the weapons used in these wars, the number of casualties from these weapons and lessons learned. We will also discuss the potential use of these agents by

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    In May, President Hassan Rouhani won his re-election bid with 57 percent of the votes and beat his main rival, the hardline Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi. Three months later, in August, Rouhani sent the list of his cabinet to the Parliament. Like his first cabinet, most of the ministers have military and intelligence background, and many are former officers of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security. Rouhani’s cabinet is in direct contrast to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s cabinet which the members of the Islamic

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    of Characteristics and Reasons of unemployment The long Iraq-Iran war has led to the worsening of the living conditions of the people in border areas and in the middle and south of Iraq. It has led to forced migration from the southern provinces, especially Basra and Maysan, to cities distant from war hit areas creating demographic problems in these areas and impoverishing the immigrating families. When the economic siege was imposed on Iraq after its occupation of Kuwait in August 1990, the efficiency

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    growing up is inevitable and happens to everyone, but how that growing up occurs can be very different depending on your environment. Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis, is set in Iran before and during the Iranian Revolution of the late 1970’s and the war between Iran and Iraq. The graphic novel centers around the daughter of an Iranian family, Marjane, who is an energetic and jubilant young girl at the beginning of the story.The revolution and other factors force her to mature

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    On January 29, 2002, United States President George W. Bush blasted Iraq with these words, “Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror… States like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.” [State of the Union] But as late as 1990, Iraq had received major military, economic, and intelligence support from the U.S. [Arbuthnot] This aide included “numerous items that had both military and civilian applications

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    The Persian Gulf War             The reason why the Persian Gulf War happened needs to go back to what happened after the long lasting war between Iran and Iraq.  Iran and Iraq ministers met in Geneva looking for peace.  Saddam Hussein surprisingly was willing to give up the territories that his troops occupied a long time ago to dissolve the conflict.  Just two weeks later, Saddam Hussain accused Kuwait for transporting oil from the Ar-Rumaylah oil field located on their common border illegally

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    Persepolis Perspective

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    Marji, lives in Iran during the late 1970s and 1980, in the time of The Islamic Revolution and The Iran-Iraq War. During this time, Marji was an adolescent living with the violence of demonstrations and bombings, and also living with restrictions, like no partying and no clothes that would oppose the standard. The Shah was the leader of Iran before the Revolution, with him gone, the citizens lived in fear of the new government. And to make things worse, Iraq started war with Iran, causing students

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    Iran Us Nuclear Conflict

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    Brian O. Poole ORG 5605: Communication Strategies for Conflict Resolution and Mediation Dr. Sara Rogers March 14, 2011 The relationship between the United States and Iran has increasingly been deteriorating, especially since Tehran began to flex its muscles following the Iraq war in 2003 and its insistence on maintaining its uranium enrichment program. Both sides have grievances against each other that date back to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and beyond (Ben-Meir, 2009). The two

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