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Encyclopedia4U - Iran - Encyclopedia Article (1155 words) |
 | The Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in the Middle East, in the southwest of Asia. |
| Iran's economy is a mixture of central planning, state ownership of oil and other large enterprises, village agriculture, and small-scale private trading and service ventures. |
| Iran's population size increased dramatically in the latter part of the 20th century. |
| AllRefer.com - Nadir Shah, Iran History (Iranian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (475 words) |
| Nadir Shah or Nader Shah[both: nA´dEr shA] Pronunciation Key, 1688–1747, shah of Iran (1736–47), sometimes considered the last of the great Asian conquerors. |
| He then entered the service of Tahmasp, the son of Shah Sultan Husayn, who was asserting his claims against the Afghans under Mahmud, who had usurped the Persian throne. |
| Bukhara was subdued, and the limits of Iran were extended to the greatest that they had been since the days of the Sassanids. |
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