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Rasht

American  
[rasht] / ræʃt /

noun

  1. a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.


Rasht British  
/ ræʃt /

noun

  1. a city in NW Iran, near the Caspian Sea: agricultural and commercial centre in a rice-growing area. Pop: 586 000 (2005 est)

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Born in 1969 in Rasht in northern Iran, Satrapi arrived in France in 1994 and gained French nationality in 2006.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

An Iranian living in Rasht, near the Caspian Sea coast, described the city as unrecognisable.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2026

In the city of Rasht in northern Iran, a crowd booed security officers who drove by in motorcycles, videos showed.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2024

The $1.6 billion contract will be used to build a 100-mile railway linking the Iranian city of Rasht, near the Caspian Sea, to Astara on the border with Azerbaijan.

From Washington Times May 17, 2023

Amongst these Mírzá Yaḥyá, the brother of Bahá’u’lláh, concealed himself, and, a bewildered fugitive, in the guise of a dervish, with kashkúl in hand, wandered in mountains and plains on the road to Rasht.

From A Traveler’s Narrative by `Abdu'l-Bahá

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