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Dasht-e-Kavir

American  
[dahsht-ee-kah-veer, dahsht-ee-kuh-veer] / ˈdɑʃt i kɑˈvir, ˌdɑʃt i kəˈvɪər /
Or Dasht-i-Kavir

noun

  1. a salt desert in N central Iran. About 77,220 sq. mi. (200,000 sq. km).

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The political fallout from Dasht-e-Kavir "The worse I do, the more popular I get," mused President John F. Kennedy, baffled by his spurt in the polls after the Bay of Pigs fiasco.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, the sands had barely settled in Iran's Dasht-e-Kavir desert before Carter took to the road.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ceremony honored five of the eight servicemen who died two weeks ago in Iran's Dasht-e-Kavir desert during the aborted raid to rescue the Americans held hostage in Tehran.

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