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Who controlled the Archaemenid Empire after Alexander the Great died prematurely?
the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire
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When did the Parthian Empire rise to become the main power in Iran?
In the middle of the 2nd century BC
[ "Iran\n\nIn 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the Achaemenid Empire, defeating the last Achaemenid emperor, Darius III, at the Battle of Issus. Following the premature death of Alexander, Iran came under the control of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. In the middle of the 2nd century BC, the Parthian Empire rose ...
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When did the Sassanid Empire succeed the Parthian Empire in control of Iran?
224 CE
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What wars in the 600s CE lead to the weakening of Iran and a subsequent invasion by the Arabs?
Byzantine-Sassanid Wars
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When did the Arabs invade Iran?
the 7th century
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Which Arab Caliphate defeated Iran first?
Arab Rashidun Caliphate
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What special tax did the discriminated Iranians - both converted and nonconverted - have to pay?
Jizya
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What academy was the most important medical center of the world at the time and became Islamicized after the Arab invasions?
Academy of Gunde Shapur
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What period was known for an era where Iranian civilization blossomed and peaked?
the Islamic Golden Age
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When did the Islamic Golden Age reach its zenith?
by the 10th and 11th centuries
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Where was the main area where the peak of scientific activity take place during the Islamic Golden Age?
Iran
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Prominent Iranian writers during this time of the Islamic Golden Age contributed to what area of writing?
scientific writing
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What tribes migranted en masse to the Iranian plateau in the 10th Century?
Turkic tribes
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Where did these Turkic tribes come from before the migrated into Iran in the 10th Century?
Central Asia
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The Abbasid army replaced Iranian and Arabic men with Turkic tribesmen as what element in their army?
mamluks (slave-warriors)
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In what year did the Ghaznavids briefly control large portions of Iran?
999
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How were the Ghaznavids different from the original Turkics that migrated into Iran?
These Turks had been Persianized and had adopted Persian models of administration and rulership
[ "Iran\n\nThe 10th century saw a mass migration of Turkic tribes from Central Asia into the Iranian plateau. Turkic tribesmen were first used in the Abbasid army as mamluks (slave-warriors), replacing Iranian and Arab elements within the army. As a result, the mamluks gained a significant political power. In 999, la...
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Who established an Ilkhanate in Iran after the break up of the Mongol Empire in 1256?
Hulagu Khan
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Timur established the Timurid Empire in Iran in what year?
1370
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How long did the Timurid empire last in Iran?
156 years
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How many citizens were massacred in Isfahan by Timur in 1387?
70,000 citizens
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The Ilkhans and Tumrids had what type of culture when ruling Iran?
a culture that was distinctively Iranian
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Who established the Safavid Dynasty?
Ismail I from Ardabil
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What was the capital of the Safavid Dynasty?
Tabriz
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Ismail I forced a conversion to what Islamic branch?
Shia Islam
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What country is currently the only official Shia nation of the world?
Iran
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What Empire neighbored and had a rivalry with Safavid Iran?
Ottoman Empire
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Safavid Iran peaked during whose reign?
Abbas the Great
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When did the Safavid Empire peak?
1587–1629
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Who ended Safavid power in Iran in 1722?
Pashtun rebels
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Who was the last Safavid ruler who was defeated in 1722 by the Pashtuns in Isfahan?
Soltan Hosein
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In what year were the Pashtuns defeated and driven out of Iran?
1729
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Who drove out the Pashtuns from Iran in 1729?
Nader Shah
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Where was Nader Shan from?
Khorasan
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Nader Shah expanded Iranian power to its highest peak since what Empire?
the Sassanid Empire
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Nader Shah took back what territories that were annexed by the Ottomans and the Russians?
Caucasian territories
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Whose death in 1779 led to a civil war in Iran?
Karim Khan
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Who founded the following Qajar Empire in 1794?
Aqa Mohammad Khan
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The Qajars defeated the Russians at what battle to take over Tblisi?
Battle of Krtsanisi
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The Qajars drove the Russians out of what entire region?
the entire Caucasus
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Iran lost territory in the Caucasus during what wars in the early 1800s?
Russo-Persian wars
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What wars resulted in Iran losing control of the Caucasus to the Russians?
the 19th century Russo-Persian wars
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What region consisting of Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, & Azerbaijan did Iran lose control of to the Russians?
the Caucasus
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The Gulistan and Turkmenchay treaties between Iran and Russia confirmed what?
Iran irrevocably lost control over its integral territories in the region
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What century did Iran lose the Caucasus to Russia?
the 19th century
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When did a series of protests over foreign concessions sales in Iran occur?
Between 1872 and 1905
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What resulted from the series of protests in Iran over foreign concessions sales?
the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
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The first national parliament of Iran was founded in what year?
in 1906
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The first Constitution of Iran was founded in what year?
in 1906
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The Iranian Constitution did what for Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians in Iran?
official recognition of Iran's three religious minorities
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The constitutional movement in Iran lasted from 1906 until what year?
until 1911
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Who was defeated and forced to abdicate at the end of the Iranian constitutional movement?
Mohammad Ali Shah
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In 1911, Russians occupied Northern Iran under what pretext?
restoring order
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The British occupied Western Iran from World War 1 until finally withdrawing in what year?
1921
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Who massacred many Assyrian Iranians around Urmia during World War 1?
Ottoman armies
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When was Reza Shah forced to abdicate in Iran?
1941
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Who succeeded Reza Shah after his abdication?
his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi established what enormous supply route during World War 2?
the Persian Corridor
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Who backed two puppet regimes in/around Iran during WWII?
the Soviet Union
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What happened which ended in two puppet states dissolving and Soviet withdrawal out of Iran after WWII?
the Iran crisis of 1946
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What year did oil price spikes in Iran lead to inflation?
1973
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What caused inflation to Iran's economy during the oil price spike in 1973?
economy of Iran was flooded with foreign currency
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Iran's inflation led to what in 1975-1976?
an economic recession
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Why did millions of youth migrate to the urban areas of Iran in the mid 1970s?
construction jobs
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Due to increased unemployment, who mainly opposed the Shah's regime?
millions of youth who had migrated to the cities
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The new Iranian government following the Shah's downfall dealt with the Kurdish rebellion in what year?
1979
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How did the new Iranian government handle the rebellions and uprisings following their rise to power?
in a violent manner
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The new Iranian government purged itself of what political opposition?
non-Islamist
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What happened to the nationalists and Marxists that had helped the Islamic ruling government to depose the Shah?
were executed
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When was the US Embassy in Iran seized?
November 4, 1979
[ "Iran\n\nOn November 4, 1979, a group of students seized the United States Embassy and took the embassy with 52 personnel and citizens hostage, after the United States refused to return Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Iran to face trial in the court of the new regime. Attempts by the Jimmy Carter administration to negotia...
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Who seized the US Embassy in Iran in 1979?
a group of students
[ "Iran\n\nOn November 4, 1979, a group of students seized the United States Embassy and took the embassy with 52 personnel and citizens hostage, after the United States refused to return Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Iran to face trial in the court of the new regime. Attempts by the Jimmy Carter administration to negotia...
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How many hostages were taken in the US Embassy seizure?
52 personnel and citizens
[ "Iran\n\nOn November 4, 1979, a group of students seized the United States Embassy and took the embassy with 52 personnel and citizens hostage, after the United States refused to return Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Iran to face trial in the court of the new regime. Attempts by the Jimmy Carter administration to negotia...
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Who won the 1980 US Presidential Elections after President Carter's repeated failed attempts to resolve the US Iranian Embassy situation?
Ronald Reagan
[ "Iran\n\nOn November 4, 1979, a group of students seized the United States Embassy and took the embassy with 52 personnel and citizens hostage, after the United States refused to return Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Iran to face trial in the court of the new regime. Attempts by the Jimmy Carter administration to negotia...
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ALl of the hostages were completely freed as the result of what treaty?
Algiers Accords
[ "Iran\n\nOn November 4, 1979, a group of students seized the United States Embassy and took the embassy with 52 personnel and citizens hostage, after the United States refused to return Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Iran to face trial in the court of the new regime. Attempts by the Jimmy Carter administration to negotia...
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Who invaded Iran in 1980?
the Iraqi army
[ "Iran\n\nOn September 22, 1980, the Iraqi army invaded the Iranian Khuzestan, and the Iran–Iraq War began. Although the forces of Saddam Hussein made several early advances, by mid 1982, the Iranian forces successfully managed to drive the Iraqi army back into Iraq. In July 1982, with Iraq thrown on the defensive, ...
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When did the Iranian army push the Iraqis back into Iraq?
mid 1982
[ "Iran\n\nOn September 22, 1980, the Iraqi army invaded the Iranian Khuzestan, and the Iran–Iraq War began. Although the forces of Saddam Hussein made several early advances, by mid 1982, the Iranian forces successfully managed to drive the Iraqi army back into Iraq. In July 1982, with Iraq thrown on the defensive, ...
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When did the Iran-Iraq War finally end?
1988
[ "Iran\n\nOn September 22, 1980, the Iraqi army invaded the Iranian Khuzestan, and the Iran–Iraq War began. Although the forces of Saddam Hussein made several early advances, by mid 1982, the Iranian forces successfully managed to drive the Iraqi army back into Iraq. In July 1982, with Iraq thrown on the defensive, ...
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Who mediated the truce which ended the Iran-Iraq War?
the UN
[ "Iran\n\nOn September 22, 1980, the Iraqi army invaded the Iranian Khuzestan, and the Iran–Iraq War began. Although the forces of Saddam Hussein made several early advances, by mid 1982, the Iranian forces successfully managed to drive the Iraqi army back into Iraq. In July 1982, with Iraq thrown on the defensive, ...
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How many civilians in Iran were killed during the Iran-Iraq War?
11,000–16,000
[ "Iran\n\nOn September 22, 1980, the Iraqi army invaded the Iranian Khuzestan, and the Iran–Iraq War began. Although the forces of Saddam Hussein made several early advances, by mid 1982, the Iranian forces successfully managed to drive the Iraqi army back into Iraq. In July 1982, with Iraq thrown on the defensive, ...
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What is the size of Iran?
1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi)
[ "Iran\n\nIran has an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi). Iran lies between latitudes 24° and 40° N, and longitudes 44° and 64° E. Its borders are with Azerbaijan (611 km or 380 mi, with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave, 179 km or 111 mi) and Armenia (35 km or 22 mi) to the north-west; the Caspian Sea to the north; Tu...
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What latitudes does Iran lie between?
24° and 40° N
[ "Iran\n\nIran has an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi). Iran lies between latitudes 24° and 40° N, and longitudes 44° and 64° E. Its borders are with Azerbaijan (611 km or 380 mi, with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave, 179 km or 111 mi) and Armenia (35 km or 22 mi) to the north-west; the Caspian Sea to the north; Tu...
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What longitudes does Iran lie between?
44° and 64° E
[ "Iran\n\nIran has an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi). Iran lies between latitudes 24° and 40° N, and longitudes 44° and 64° E. Its borders are with Azerbaijan (611 km or 380 mi, with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave, 179 km or 111 mi) and Armenia (35 km or 22 mi) to the north-west; the Caspian Sea to the north; Tu...
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Where does Iran border the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman?
to the south
[ "Iran\n\nIran has an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi). Iran lies between latitudes 24° and 40° N, and longitudes 44° and 64° E. Its borders are with Azerbaijan (611 km or 380 mi, with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave, 179 km or 111 mi) and Armenia (35 km or 22 mi) to the north-west; the Caspian Sea to the north; Tu...
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What does Iran border with to its north?
the Caspian Sea
[ "Iran\n\nIran has an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi). Iran lies between latitudes 24° and 40° N, and longitudes 44° and 64° E. Its borders are with Azerbaijan (611 km or 380 mi, with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave, 179 km or 111 mi) and Armenia (35 km or 22 mi) to the north-west; the Caspian Sea to the north; Tu...
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Iran's landscape is dominated by what geographical feature?
rugged mountain ranges
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What is Iran's highest mountain?
Mount Damavand
[ "Iran\n\nIran consists of the Iranian Plateau with the exception of the coasts of the Caspian Sea and Khuzestan Province. It is one of the world's most mountainous countries, its landscape dominated by rugged mountain ranges that separate various basins or plateaux from one another. The populous western part is the...
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How tall is Mount Damavand?
5,610 m (18,406 ft)
[ "Iran\n\nIran consists of the Iranian Plateau with the exception of the coasts of the Caspian Sea and Khuzestan Province. It is one of the world's most mountainous countries, its landscape dominated by rugged mountain ranges that separate various basins or plateaux from one another. The populous western part is the...
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Mount Damavand is located in what range?
Alborz Mountains
[ "Iran\n\nIran consists of the Iranian Plateau with the exception of the coasts of the Caspian Sea and Khuzestan Province. It is one of the world's most mountainous countries, its landscape dominated by rugged mountain ranges that separate various basins or plateaux from one another. The populous western part is the...
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Iran's climate along its Capsian coast and northen forests is?
subtropical
[ "Iran\n\nIran's climate ranges from arid or semiarid, to subtropical along the Caspian coast and the northern forests. On the northern edge of the country (the Caspian coastal plain) temperatures rarely fall below freezing and the area remains humid for the rest of the year. Summer temperatures rarely exceed 29 °C ...
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During what season does Iran's northern region's temperatures never go higher than 29c?
Summer
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What is the annual precipitation in Iran's eastern plains?
680 mm (26.8 in)
[ "Iran\n\nIran's climate ranges from arid or semiarid, to subtropical along the Caspian coast and the northern forests. On the northern edge of the country (the Caspian coastal plain) temperatures rarely fall below freezing and the area remains humid for the rest of the year. Summer temperatures rarely exceed 29 °C ...
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What is the annual precipitation in Iran's western plains?
1,700 mm (66.9 in)
[ "Iran\n\nIran's climate ranges from arid or semiarid, to subtropical along the Caspian coast and the northern forests. On the northern edge of the country (the Caspian coastal plain) temperatures rarely fall below freezing and the area remains humid for the rest of the year. Summer temperatures rarely exceed 29 °C ...
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According to Gary Lewis of the UN, what is the most pressing human security challenge in Iran?
Water scarcity
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In Iran's western Zagros Basin, what are the average daily temperatures during winter?
below zero
[ "Iran\n\nTo the west, settlements in the Zagros basin experience lower temperatures, severe winters with below zero average daily temperatures and heavy snowfall. The eastern and central basins are arid, with less than 200 mm (7.9 in) of rain, and have occasional deserts. Average summer temperatures rarely exceed 3...
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In Iran's western Zagros Basin, temperatures do not exceed what level during the summer?
38 °C (100.4 °F)
[ "Iran\n\nTo the west, settlements in the Zagros basin experience lower temperatures, severe winters with below zero average daily temperatures and heavy snowfall. The eastern and central basins are arid, with less than 200 mm (7.9 in) of rain, and have occasional deserts. Average summer temperatures rarely exceed 3...
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The eastern and central basins of Iran experience how much annual precipitation?
less than 200 mm (7.9 in) of rain
[ "Iran\n\nTo the west, settlements in the Zagros basin experience lower temperatures, severe winters with below zero average daily temperatures and heavy snowfall. The eastern and central basins are arid, with less than 200 mm (7.9 in) of rain, and have occasional deserts. Average summer temperatures rarely exceed 3...
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What is the coastal plains of Iran's annual precipitation ranges?
135 to 355 mm (5.3 to 14.0 in)
[ "Iran\n\nTo the west, settlements in the Zagros basin experience lower temperatures, severe winters with below zero average daily temperatures and heavy snowfall. The eastern and central basins are arid, with less than 200 mm (7.9 in) of rain, and have occasional deserts. Average summer temperatures rarely exceed 3...
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How many species of Iranian wildlife are listed by the IUCN as endangered?
74 species
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The Iranian Parliament lets who exploit mines without guidance from the Department of the Environment?
Ministry of Industries and Mines
[ "Iran\n\nAt least 74 species of Iranian wildlife are on the red list of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a sign of serious threats against the country’s biodiversity. The Iranian Parliament has been showing disregard for wildlife by passing laws and regulations such as the act that lets the M...
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The Iranian Parliament does not demand environmental impact studies before approving what projects?
large national development projects
[ "Iran\n\nAt least 74 species of Iranian wildlife are on the red list of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a sign of serious threats against the country’s biodiversity. The Iranian Parliament has been showing disregard for wildlife by passing laws and regulations such as the act that lets the M...