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    The Persian Gulf (Persian: خلیج فارس, romanized: xalij-e fârs, lit. 'Gulf of Fars', pronounced [xæliːdʒe fɒːɾs]), sometimes called the Arabian Gulf (Arabic:...
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    or "metallic furnace"; the word has also been tentatively linked to the Persian word for a warrior, grivpan. However, it appears with more frequency in...
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    BBC Persian Television (Persian: تلویزیون فارسی بی‌بی‌سی Televizion-e Fârsi-ye BBC) is the BBC's Persian language news channel that was launched on 14...
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  • Iranian hip hop (redirect from Persian rap)
    Iranian hip hop (Persian: هیپ‌هاپ ایرانی), also known as Persian hip hop (هیپ‌هاپ فارسی), refers to hip hop music in the Persian language developed in...
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    the Iranian diaspora. It is currently illegal to distribute Christian literature in the official language, Persian. Muslims who change their faith to Christianity...
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  • Prostitution is illegal in Iran, and incurs various punishments ranging from fines and jail terms to execution for repeat offenders. The exact number...
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  • Filmfarsi (redirect from Persian Film)
    Filmfarsi (Persian: فیلم‌فارسی, literary Persian Film), is a term used in Pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema criticism that was coined by Iranian film critic...
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    Toomaj Salehi (category CS1 Persian-language sources (fa))
    Toomaj Salehi (Persian: توماج صالحی; born 3 December 1990) is an Iranian hip hop artist mainly known for his protest songs concerning Iran's societal...
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    to Iran in the Western world, it is alternatively known as Persian cuisine, despite Persians being only one of a multitude of Iranian ethnic groups who...
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  • will not assist a man who bases his course of action on an immoral or illegal act. ex duris gloria From suffering [comes] glory Motto of Rapha Cycling...
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    Panthera pardus tulliana, also called Anatolian leopard, Persian leopard and Caucasian leopard in different parts of its range, is a leopard subspecies...
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    Other expatriate communities in Pakistan are Chechens, Filipinos, Turks, Persian, Chinese, Americans, previously Bosnian refugees, and many others. Migrants...
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    recorded in 75 years. The floods in the Emirates were a part of the greater Persian Gulf floods. The rains began in UAE late on Monday 15 April 2024, intensifying...
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  • Islam in Iran (redirect from Persian Islam)
    land-owning magnates slower to do so. By the 10th century, the majority of Persians had become Muslims. While Sunni Islam dominated Iran from the 7th century...
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    Iran (redirect from Persian State of Iran)
    Persian. "Rebels of rap reign in Iran". SFGate. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2015. Anuj Chopra in Tehran (28 January 2008). "Iran's 'illegal'...
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    project editions, and they may not engage in activities, whether legal or illegal, that may be harmful to other users. In addition to the terms, the Foundation...
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    settlements across the occupied territories, actions which are deemed illegal under international law, and annexed both East Jerusalem and the Golan...
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    India has numerous illegal slaughterhouses. For example, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, the officials in 2013 reported over 3,000 illegal slaughterhouses...
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    Israel–Hamas war (category CS1 Persian-language sources (fa))
    Palestinian territories, the blockade of the Gaza Strip, the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements, threats to the status of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the...
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  • Aragh Sagi (category Articles containing Persian-language text)
    Aragh sagi (Persian: عرق سگی, romanized: araq-e sagi, lit. doggy [metaphor for extreme] distilled [beverage]) is a type of Iranian moonshine. This distilled...
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    move with two hands is considered and penalized as an illegal move. A player who makes an illegal move must retract that move and make a legal move. That...
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  • to collect and research antique objects. Illicit or illegal antiquities are those found in illegal or unregulated excavations, and traded covertly. The...
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    jurisdictions, abortions continue to be common in many areas, even where they are illegal. According to a 2007 study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute and the...
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    then the Secretary-General of the United Nations, called the invasion illegal under international law, as it violated the UN Charter. The 2016 Chilcot...
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    Greyhound (redirect from Persian Greyhound)
    levels to be below that of shelter dogs. In Victoria, Australia it is illegal for racing Greyhounds to be uncontrolled and without a muzzle in public...
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    Majid Kavousifar (category Articles containing Persian-language text)
    Majid Kavousifar (Persian: مجید کاووسی‌فر) was an Iranian who, with his nephew Hossein Kavousifar, was convicted of the murder of Judge Masoud Ahmadi...
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    guitar with an ebony fretboard A Persian Tar head with ebony African Blackwood Calamander wood Ebonite Ebonol Illegal logging in Madagascar "Gaboon Ebony"...
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  • Nahid Taghavi (category Articles containing Persian-language text)
    Nahid Taghavi (Persian: ناهید تقوی; born 1954) is a German-Iranian woman imprisoned in Iran. Iranian authorities detained her at her Tehran apartment...
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    facilitating prostitution, such as operating a brothel or prostitution ring, are illegal. Forced prostitution and prostitution connected to organized crime are...
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  • Bacha bazi, also known as bacchá (from the Persian bacheh بچه‌, literally "playing with boys" in Persian and Pashto), is a form of sexual slavery and...
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