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Soon after taking power in the 1921 Persian coup d'état, Reza Shah embarked on a campaign to impose a uniform Persian identity as part of his ambition to replace the heterogeneous Dowlat-e 'Aliyye-ye Irân ("Sublime State of Iran") of the Qajar dynasty with a unified, territorially bounded Kešvar-e Šâhanšâhi-ye Irân ("Imperial State of Iran").
Iran's Islamic clerical regime is divided in its response to months of unprecedented protests, wavering between repression and what it views as conciliatory gestures trying to quell the discontent, analysts say. "The conflicting messages we are getting from the Iranian regime suggest an internal debate on how to deal with…
PARIS, France Iran drew international condemnation on Saturday as it executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member in November during unprecedented protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody.
The latest hangings double the number of executions to four over the nationwide unre