Teheran
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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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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
But the radio at Isfahan, 200 miles south of Teheran, stood by Mossadegh.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023
The state news agency said Raisi will leave Teheran on May 11.
From Reuters • Jun. 7, 2023
Mr Mossaheb - who is understood to be in his 70s - was arrested in in Teheran in 2019, and sentenced for what Amnesty International has called "vague national security offences".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2023
Soon after his arrival at Teheran a tumult arose, caused by the anger of the populace against some Georgian and Armenian captives—Russian subjects—who had taken refuge in the Russian embassy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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