Qazvin

Or Kaz·vin

[kaz-veen]

noun

1. a city in NW Iran, NW of Teheran: capital of Persia in the 16th century.

Example Sentences

One resident, Arash, set off from Tehran at about 08:45 on Monday, driving through the town of Qazvin, in north-western Iran.

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Born in the city of Zanjan in northern Iran in 1972 into a family from Iran’s Azeri ethnic minority, Mohammadi began her activism while a student studying physics at a university in nearby Qazvin.

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Security forces meanwhile attacked the family of Javad Heydari on Thursday - a day before the anniversary of the 39-year-old's death at a protest in the northern city of Qazvin.

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When Ms. Mohammadi entered college in the city of Qazvin to study nuclear physics, she looked to join women’s student groups, but none existed.

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Ms Riahi, one of the first actresses to remove her hijab in support of the protests, was reportedly arrested near the northern city of Qazvin on 20 November and released on bail a week later.

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