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Qum

British  
/ kʊm /

noun

  1. a variant of Qom

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His words brought to mind a meeting I had in the holy Iranian city of Qum in 2009.

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That led to young women showing more hair, even in devoutly conservative cities such as Qum.

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Iran already headed in that direction years ago, when it built a small plant deep inside a mountain near the city of Qum.

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A notable exception was Iran, which did not close some of its largest shrines until March 18, a full month after it registered its first case in the pilgrimage city of Qum.

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Health officials in Qum warned people to stay away from public spaces, raising alarm about the safety of tightly packed polling stations and a requirement that voters stamp their fingers in a public ink well.

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