Iranian
Americannoun
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a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Iran
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a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, divided into West Iranian (including Old Persian, Pahlavi, modern Persian, Kurdish, Baluchi, and Tajik) and East Iranian (including Avestan, Sogdian, Pashto, and Ossetic)
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Also: Persian. Farsi. the modern Persian language
adjective
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relating to, denoting, or characteristic of Iran, its inhabitants, or their language; Persian
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belonging to or relating to the Iranian branch of Indo-European
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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi warned on Wednesday that no military vessel will be allowed to pass through the Hormuz Strait.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
That spurred a shift toward one-way attack drones, which Iranian engineers reckoned could still do significant damage, even if they didn’t hit their targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Gharibabadi said no military vessels from any country would be allowed through the strait, while Iranian authorities would monitor commercial vessels seeking to cross it.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Notably, the measures announced stopped short of directly penalizing China, the main buyer of Iranian oil, a move that would have risked stoking tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
From the day my parents were reunited in America after the Iranian Revolution, they never spent much time apart from each other.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Treasury Department designated four Iranians for sanctions for hacks of critical infrastructure dating to 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
US sources told AFP there had been "positive" discussions with the Iranians, but added that Trump had decided to wait and asked his team not to engage until Iran was ready to make a deal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
"Several vessels have been hit in that exact same spot by the Iranians when vessels use the Omani route," he told BBC Verify.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Iranians rose up in mass protests just months ago and could do so again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Many Iranians who fled the country during the revolution were granted political asylum.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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