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'''Iran''', officially the '''Islamic Republic of Iran''' (جمهوری اسلامی ايران) is an Islamic theocratic dictatorship in southwest [[Asia]]. Its capital is [[Tehran]] and its official language is Farsi. A historical name for Iran was "'''Persia, '''" which is also the name of the dominant ethnic group. Iran is suspected by [[Israel]] and her western allies of pursuing nuclear weapons to gain a strategic advantage in a regional cold war against Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia. Israel also accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons for use against Israel, which is hotly denied by Iran's government which claims the program is to be used for peaceful purposes, requiring the enrichment of [[uranium]]. Iran has a poor human rights record.<ref>[https://iranprimer.usip.org/index.php/blog/2018/oct/04/state-department-report-6-irans-human-rights-abuses State Department Report 6: Iran's Human Rights Abuses]

'''Iran''', officially the '''Islamic Republic of Iran''' (جمهوری اسلامی ايران) is an Islamic theocratic dictatorship in southwest [[Asia]]. Its capital is [[Tehran]] and its official language is Farsi. A historical name for Iran was "'''Persia, '''" which is also the name of the dominant ethnic group. Iran is suspected by [[Israel]] and her western allies of pursuing nuclear weapons to gain a strategic advantage in a regional cold war against Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia. Israel also accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons for use against Israel, which is hotly denied by Iran's government which claims the program is to be used for peaceful purposes, requiring the enrichment of [[uranium]]. Iran has a poor human rights record.<ref>[https://iranprimer.usip.org/index.php/blog/2018/oct/04/state-department-report-6-irans-human-rights-abuses State Department Report 6: Iran's Human Rights Abuses]

The State Department, September 28, 2018</ref> Ethnic minorities in Iran are also persecuted, by racist Iranian regime,<ref>[https://www.arabnews.com/node/1822151/middle-east No country for minorities: The agony of Iran’s ethnic Arabs, Kurds, Balochis and Azeris], O. Shahbandar, Arab News, March 8, 2021.

The State Department, September 28, 2018</ref> Ethnic minorities are also persecuted, by racist Iranian regime,<ref>[https://www.arabnews.com/node/1822151/middle-east No country for minorities: The agony of Iran’s ethnic Arabs, Kurds, Balochis and Azeris], O. Shahbandar, Arab News, March 8, 2021.

''Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, ethnic Kurds, Arabs and Balochis have faced particularly harsh crackdowns by regime security forces.'' </ref> such as Ahwazi Arabs, Kurds, Azeris and Baloch.

''Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, ethnic Kurds, Arabs and Balochis have faced particularly harsh crackdowns by regime security forces.'' </ref> such as Ahwazi Arabs, Kurds, Azeris and Baloch.