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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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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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