Rasht

[rasht]

noun

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

Rasht

/ 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)

Example Sentences

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

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On Tuesday, hundreds of parents, teachers and ordinary citizens gathered outside schools and local offices of the Ministry of Education in Tehran, Shiraz, Mashhad, Rasht, Sanandaj and other cities.

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Activists identifying themselves as belonging to Iran’s Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates said police used pepper spray, water cannons and force to disperse protesters in Mashhad, Rasht and Saqqez.

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In another video, a woman in the northern city of Rasht said security forces had fired tear-gas at concerned mothers protesting outside the local education department.

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Similar protests were held in two other areas in Tehran and other cities including Isfahan and Rasht, according to unverified videos.

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