Brahui is spoken in the southwest region of Pakistan, as well as regions of Afghanistan and Iran which border Pakistan ; however, many members of the ethnic group no longer speak Brahui.

Since the Second Lebanon War, however, Iran has restructured Hezbollah to limit the power of Hassan Nasrallah, and invested billions of dollars " rehabilitating " Hezbollah.

Below Basra, however, the Karun River enters the Shatt al Arab from Iran, carrying large quantities of silt that present a continuous dredging problem in maintaining a channel for ocean-going vessels to reach the port at Basra.

Polo is, however, played professionally in only a few countries, notably Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Iran, India, New Zealand, Mexico, Pakistan, Jamaica, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States .< ref >

But because of certain issues however, such as Pakistan's strong relations with the United States, and friendly Sudanese relations with India, Iran, and Bangladesh, things between the two countries have reached a complex point.

In Iran ( Persia ), the history of cotton dates back to the Achaemenid era ( 5th century BC ); however, there are few sources about the planting of cotton in pre-Islamic Iran.

Proso millet appears to have reached Europe not long after its appearance in Georgia, first appearing in east and central Europe ; however, the grain needed a few thousand more years to cross into Italy, Greece, and Iran, and the earliest evidence for its cultivation in the Near East is a find in the ruins of Nimrud, Iraq dated to about 700 BC.

The legend connecting Syrah with the city of Shiraz in Iran may, however, be of French origin.

Iran, however, has made the following reservation “ If the text of the Convention is or becomes incompatible with the domestic laws and Islamic standards at any time or in any case, the Government of the Islamic Republic shall not abide by it .” Iran has also signed the both optional protocols which relate to the special protection of children against involvement in armed conflict and the sale of children and sexual exploitation.

In terms of mobile provision in 2004, however, Iran lagged all the countries mentioned above.

Relations with Iraq had never been good historically ; however, they took a turn for the worse in 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran.

According to Cooper, however, the filmmakers were unaware of Nanook until their return to New York City from filming in Iran.

Suspicion between Batu and Guyuk increased, however, and Guyuk replaced the officials in Iran and the Caucasus with his own men, including Eljigidei.

Not all of those states accept the designation of " Turkestan ", however ; Tajikistan's Persian-speaking population feels more closely aligned with Iran and Afghanistan.

The U. S. State Department, however, in the immediate aftermath of the incident, took the official position based on examination of available evidence that Iran was partly to blame.

In 1979, boxer Muhammad Ali, a devout Muslim, offered to go to Iran in exchange for a couple of hostages ; however, this was denied by the Iranian authorities.

Support for other unilateral sanctions however, such as the ones levied on Iran and Cuba, were limited, leading Congress to impose measures intended to punish foreign companies which violated the terms of the U. S .' s own laws.

" In 1883, Samuel Benjamin was appointed by the United States as the first official diplomatic envoy to Iran, however ; Ambassadorial relations were not established until 1944.

Government intervention may have helped in mitigating the hostilities in Shiraz following Akbar ’ s removal however other regions of Iran still saw a proliferation in protests.

Most important, however, were the land reform programs which saw the traditional landed elites of Iran lose much of their influence and power.

The country, however, has seen substantial development since independence and, although blockaded by both Turkey and Azerbaijan over the Karabakh dispute, maintains friendly relations with its neighboring states of Georgia and Iran, as well as Russia, the important regional power.

Despite the age of the senior religious leaders, however, parliamentary candidates in Iran must be under 75.

The Iranian ( Persian ) calendar is used in Iran and some parts of Afghanistan.

The Persian calendar, in use in Afghanistan and Iran, has its year begin on the day of the vernal equinox as determined by astronomical computation ( for the time zone of Tehran ), as opposed to using an algorithmic system of leap years.

The official Iranian calendar ( used in Afghanistan as well as Iran ) also dates from the hijra, but as it is a solar calendar its year numbering does not coincide with the religious calendar.

Some of the new laws included changing the direction of the Qibla to the Báb's house in Shiraz, Iran and changing the calendar to a solar calendar of nineteen months and nineteen days ( which became the basis of the Bahá ' í calendar ) and prescribing the last month as a month of fasting.

This calendar was known as the Jalali calendar after the Sultan, and was in force across Greater Iran from the 11th to the 20th centuries.

It is the basis of the Iranian calendar which is followed today in Iran and Afghanistan.

: For the official calendar in Iran and Afghanistan, see Solar Hijri Calendar

The modern Iranian calendar ( Solar Hijri ) is now the official calendar in Iran and Afghanistan.

The day of his election, the 2nd of Khordad, 1376, in the Iranian calendar, is regarded as the starting date of " reforms " in Iran.

On June 6, 1745, a number of Parsis in and around Surat adopted the calendar which had continued in use of Iran, now to be identified as the Qadimi reckoning.

The civil calendar in Iran since 31 March 1925 CE has been the Solar Hejri calendar.

From 1960 to 1995, the Northward equinox always fell at such a time that New Year's Day in Iran occurred on the day called 21 March in the Western calendar.

While the coup is commonly referred to as Operation Ajax after its CIA cryptonym, in Iran it is referred to as the 28 Mordad 1332 coup, after its date on the Iranian calendar.

The water clocks used in Iran were one of the most practical ancient tools for timing the yearly calendar.

Iran uses three official calendar systems: the Iranian calendar as the main date, the lunar Islamic calendar for religious events, and the Gregorian calendar for international events ( like May Day ).

Having thus gained substantial territories to the east without a fight, Ahmad Shah turned westward to take possession of Herat, which was ruled by Nader Shah's grandson, Shah Rukh of Persia, and then Mashhad ( in present-day Iran ).

In particular, he refused to pass on to the government the revenues gained from custom taxes on goods from Iran and Turkmenistan.

However, the Khalq faction of the PDPA gained supremacy over his own Parcham faction, and after a brief stint as Ambassador to Iran, he was dismissed from government and went into exile in Europe.

After Khomeini gained power, skirmishes between Iraq and revolutionary Iran occurred for ten months over the sovereignty of the disputed Shatt al-Arab waterway, which divides the two countries.

Smoking the hookah has gained popularity outside of its native region, in India, Iran, Pakistan and the Middle East, and is gaining popularity in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and South Africa.

The Silkworm gained fame in the 1980s when it was used by both sides in the Iran – Iraq War ; both countries were supplied by China.

Ahmad Zahir was among Afghanistan's most famous singers ; throughout the 60s and 70s he gained national and international recognition in countries like Iran and Tajikistan.

ABC News gained respect in the early 1980s by covering the Iran hostage crisis and, later, for covering the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area with live telecasts.

During his stay in Iran, he gained recognition as a Mujtahid ( a high-ranking Islamic scholar ).

It gained many supporters over the years, and became respected not only in Iraq, Iran and the Middle East but throughout the world.

Nabavi acted as the chief negotiator of Iran during the discussions with United States officials in the Iran hostage crisis, were he has been described as a " radical " who gained influence at the expense of " moderates " as a result of the crisis.

Some 170 years after Sheikh Safi Al-Din's death, Safaviyya had gained sufficient political and military power to claim the Throne of ( Northern ) Iran for the Safavid Heir, Shah Ismail I Safavi.

He gained control of central and southern parts of Iran.

In the 1940s, following the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, the Pan-Iranist movement gained momentum and popularity as a result of the widespread feeling of insecurity among Iranians who saw the king, Reza Shah, powerless against such foreign presence in the country.

# By Article 10, Russia gained the right to send consulate envoys anywhere in Iran.

Tahmasp also eventually gained the recognition of both the Ottoman Empire and Russia, each worried about the other gaining too much influence in Iran.

While appealing the decision, he left Iran and gained political asylum in the United Kingdom.

However, a series of articles on the pre-war intelligence on Iraq and alleged illegal activities of the US Department of Defense and reporting on the CIA leak case and Iran gained Alexandrovna respect as an investigative journalist.

He was an Usuli mujtahid in Qazvin, Iran, where he opened the Salehiyya madrasa in 1817 which soon gained prominence across Iran and India.

Under the leadership of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, the religion gained a footing in Europe and America, and was consolidated in Iran, where it still suffers intense persecution.

The Cylinder gained new prominence in the late 1960s when the last Shah of Iran called it " the world's first charter of human rights ".