THE capital of Iran hosts about 12m people, is poorly planned, often paralysed by traffic, and notorious for its seismic activity.

拥有一千二百万人口的伊朗首都德黑兰，城市规划糟糕，经常因为交通阻塞而陷入瘫痪，当地地震频发也众所周知。

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But if the populations of the 15 countries that carry out the most executions are taken into account, Iran and Saudi Arabia emerge as more zealous employers of capital punishment than China.

但是如果将执行死刑最多的15个国家的各总人口数也考虑进去的话，伊朗和沙特阿拉伯则是比中国更热衷于施行死刑的国家。

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The blast happened near Quetta, the capital of the restive Baluchistan province bordering Afghanistan and Iran.

这次爆炸发生在毗邻阿富汗和伊朗边界的巴鲁吉斯坦省省会奎达附近。巴鲁吉斯坦省局势动荡不安。

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In Mashhad, the capital of Iran's eastern province of Khorasan and home to some 400, 000 refugees, the provincial governor accuses local Afghans of drug-running and kidnapping.

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At dozens of intersections in the capital of Iran thousands of students are protesting on a recent Friday around midnight, as they do nearly every night, chanting pro-democracy slogans and lighting bonfires on street corners.

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The U.S. should begin by imposing a "capital blockade"--eliminating or at least substantially reducing flows of investment capital into Iran.

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