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Iran minister cheers US, England, France cup defeats

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TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said the United States, England and France deserved to be eliminated in the World Cup for imposing nuclear sanctions on Tehran, newspapers reported on Wednesday.
"In this World Cup you see a meaningful correlation between politics and diplomacy and football," Mottaki was quoted as saying by Tehran Emrouz newspaper.
"Those who [...]

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‘Nuclear scientist’ tells Iran TV he fled US agents

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TEHRAN (AFP) - A man claiming to be an Iranian nuclear scientist whom Tehran alleges the United States kidnapped said he has escaped from US agents, in a video screened on Tuesday on Iranian television.
"I am Shahram Amiri, a citizen of the Islamic republic. A few minutes ago I managed to escape from the hands of US intelligence agents in Virginia," said the man in the footage shown on st [...]

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Country:Iran

Population:

  • 67,037,517 (July 2010 est.)

Ethnic Groups:

  • Persian 51%
  • Azeri 24%
  • Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%
  • Kurd 7%
  • Arab 3%
  • Lur 2%
  • Baloch 2%
  • Turkmen 2%
  • other 1%

Religions:

  • Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%)
  • other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%

Languages:

  • Persian and Persian dialects 58%
  • Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%
  • Kurdish 9%
  • Luri 2%
  • Balochi 1%Balochi 1%
  • Arabic 1%
  • Turkish 1%
  • other 2%

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