Tehran

Definitions

1. The capital city of Iran, the seat of Tehran County's Central District and the capital of Tehran Province.
2. A county of Iran, around the city.
3. Tehran Province, one of 31 provinces in Iran.
4. The Tehran Conference (1943).
5. The government of Iran.
   metonymically

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Examples

“Three days after the presidential elections, Tehran was in upheaval.”

“Shortly after my arrival at Sheerauz, four regiments of infantry arrived from Tehrân; two of which are to remain⟳ here, while the other two proceed to Bushire.”

“In any case, it is certain that the action takes place⟳ in and near the cities of Tehrân and Rayy, the latter a place⟳ of great antiquity and historical importance and now an urban center just south of Tehrân.”

“In October of 1979, when the U.S. allowed the exiled Shah to come⟳ to New York for medical treatment, student supporters of the Ayatollah captured the American Embassy in Tehrân and took ninety hostages, sixty-three of them American.”

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