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Teheran

American  
[te-ran, -rahn, te-huh-, tey-uh-, te-hrahn] / tɛˈræn, -ˈrɑn, ˌtɛ hə-, ˌteɪ ə-, tɛˈhrɑn /
Or Tehran

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.


Teheran Cultural  
  1. Capital of Iran and the largest city in the country; located in northern Iran.


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Site of the Teheran Conference (1943), at which United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met and agreed on Allied war plans and postwar cooperation in the United Nations.

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The UN nuclear agency reaffirmed in a confidential report seen by AFP on Thursday that a lack of access to Iran's nuclear material posed a "proliferation concern" and called on Teheran to act "constructively".

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

He claims that what he saw in Teheran with his own eyes indicates that closer to 150 people died in Tehran alone.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2025

According to the US, Moscow and Teheran now have a fully-fledged defence partnership.

From BBC Oct. 13, 2023

The Teheran broadcasts were picked up here by monitors of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

From Seattle Times Aug. 24, 2023

The father was steward or "vizier" of the household of Imam Werdi Mirza, Governor of Teheran.

From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Wilson, Samuel Graham

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