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Iran (also; '), also known as Persia, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ('), is a sovereign state in Western Asia.

It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia, the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, and Azerbaijan; to the north by the Caspian Sea; to the northeast by Turkmenistan; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq.

Comprising a land area of, it is the second-largest country in the Middle East and the 18th-largest in the world.

With 82.8 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's 17th-most-populous country.

It is the only country with both a Caspian Sea and an Indian Ocean coastline.

The country's central location in Eurasia and Western Asia, and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, make it of great geostrategic importance.

Tehran is the country's capital and largest city, as well as its leading economic and cultural center.

Tehran Times began in 1979 as a foreign-language newspaper to air the voice of the Islamic Revolution.

The policy that the newspaper has been following has been based on the guideline set by Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Beheshti who said: "Tehran Times is not a state-owned newspaper, rather it must be the voice of the Islamic Revolution and the oppressed people in the world.” Since the beginning of Iranian calendar year 1390 (21 March 2011) all the newspaper’s pages are printed in color.

Some Americans are contributors supportive of Iran, such as conservative Paul Craig Roberts.

The paper described American geoscientist Leuren Moret as being "on a crusade to stop wars and weapons testing".

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now the global lingua franca.

Named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to England, it ultimately derives its name from the Anglia (Angeln) peninsula in the Baltic Sea.

It is most closely related to the Frisian languages, although its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages in the early medieval period, and later by Romance languages, particularly French.

English is either the official language or one of the official languages in almost 60 sovereign states.

It is the most commonly spoken language in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand, and is widely spoken in some areas of the Caribbean, Africa, and South Asia.

It is the third most common native language in the world, after Mandarin and Spanish.

It is the most widely learned second language and an official language of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of many other world and regional international organisations.

It is the most widely spoken Germanic language, accounting for at least 70% of speakers of this Indo-European branch.

Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion which professes that there is only one and incomparable God (Allah) and that Muhammad is the last messenger of God.

It is the world's second-largest religion and the fastest-growing major religion in the world, with over 1.7 billion followers or 23% of the global population, known as Muslims.

Islam teaches that God is merciful, all-powerful, and unique; and He has guided mankind through revealed scriptures, natural signs, and a line of prophets sealed by Muhammad.

The primary scriptures of Islam are the Quran, viewed by Muslims as the word of God, and the teachings and normative example (called the sunnah, composed of accounts called hadith) of Muhammad (Circa 570–8 June 632 CE).