Urmia
Americannoun
noun
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Bakerzadeh dreamed of returning to run his mobile-phone store, he told fellow inmates in the main prison of Urmia, a city in Iran’s northwest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
At least half a dozen universities in cities including Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz and Urmia said courses would be held remotely for the next few weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026
Urmia, in the northwest, is Iran's largest lake, but has largely dried out and turned into a vast salt bed due to drought.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
A court in Urmia found Zahra Seddiqi Hamedani, 31, and Elham Choubdar, 24, guilty of "corruption on Earth".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2022
Both kings marched more than once up to the neighbourhood of the Urmia Lake, and Shalmaneser struck at the heart of Urartu itself three or four times; but with inconclusive success.
From The Ancient East by Hogarth, D. G. (David George)
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