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Teheran

or Teh·ran

[ te-ran, -rahn, te-huh-, tey-uh-; Persian te-hrahn ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.


Teheran

  1. Capital of Iran and the largest city in the country; located in northern Iran.


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Notes

Site of the Teheran Conference (1943), at which United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt , British Prime Minister Winston Churchill , and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met and agreed on Allied war plans and postwar cooperation in the United Nations .
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Example Sentences

I know that the Green Wave has established contacts with members of the clergy in Qom and Teheran.

The new Shah,” Felix said, “has a passion for intrigue, and the sands around Teheran are magnificent for golf.

Now there is a little valley,” he continued thoughtfully, “about seven miles north of Teheran, where something might be done!

She first became interested in the East when visiting her uncle at Teheran, where he was British minister.

A pressing appeal through the English Ambassador at Teheran did not even reach the monarch.

Deverill I came across once in Egypt--he had been sent on a diplomatic mission to Teheran.

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