Questions and Answers about
Iran
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in PoliticsHow did Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi meet his untimely end?
Answer: On Sunday, May 19, 2024, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other officials, died when their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of Iran’s northwest. The crash occurred as they returned from a ceremony to inaugurate a dam on the border with Azerbaijan.
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in PoliticsIn the April 2024 attack, when Iran fired 300 projectiles at Israel, which countries allied with Israel to successfully intercept 99% of these incoming threats?
Answer: During the early hours of April 14, 2024, Iran launched a significant aerial assault on Israel, deploying over 300 drones and missiles. In response, Israel’s sophisticated air defense systems, along with critical assistance from international allies, intercepted about 99% of these threats. Specifically, the United States, United Kingdom, and France provided substantial support, contributing…
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in PoliticsWhere Does the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate of 2023 Reside?
Answer: Narges Mohammadi, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, is imprisoned in Iran. Her relentless pursuit of human rights and unyielding criticism of the Iranian regime has earned her international acclaim and authorities’ wrath. Mohammadi is often likened to Nelson Mandela for her unwavering resistance and activism even behind bars.
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in PoliticsWhat’s Iran’s stand on the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
Answer: In a meeting in Tehran with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 19, 2022, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that if Russia hadn’t sent troops into Ukraine, it would have faced an attack from NATO in the Crimean Peninsula. Khamenei added that the West opposes an “independent and strong”…
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in PlacesWhat is the largest religious minority in Iran?
Answer: While the Constitution of Iran specifies Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians as the only recognized religious minorities, the Baháʼí Faith is the largest religious minority in Iran. About 350,000 members of the Baha’i faith live in the Muslim country.
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in TVWhich language did Glenn Close learn for her role in “Tehran”?
Answer: Towards the new season of Apple TV+’s Tehran, premiering May 6, 2022, Glenn Close had to learn Farsi for her role as Marjan Montazeri, a British agent living in Tehran. The series revolves around an Israeli agent and computer hacker who is tasked with infiltrating an electric company in Iran.
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in PoliticsWhich method was used in the failed assassination attempt of Iraq’s Prime Minister in 2021?
Answer: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi escaped unharmed in an assassination attempt by three armed drones in Baghdad on Saturday night, Nov. 6, 2021.
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in PoliticsWhich government did Israel’s new PM Naftali Bennett describe as a “regime of brutal hangmen”?
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett condemned on Sunday, June 20, 2021, the election of hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi as Iranian president, saying his rule would be a “regime of brutal hangmen.”
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in PlacesWhich of these can be found next to Iran’s southern port city of Bushehr?
Bushehr is twelve kilometers from the site of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant built in cooperation with Russia._x000D_
