In June 2002, the fifteenth session of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme welcomed the proposal of creating an international centre on qanats in Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran, recognizing the potential role of the Centre in raising awareness and helping the preservation of this admirable historical heritage.
Mr Larijani went from head of the state broadcaster, Voice and Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran (VVIRI), to speaker of parliament after his two years as nuclear negotiator.
The document for submission to the Memory of the World Register is the Deed of Endowment of the Rab' i-Rashidi, and details the justification for the complex, the management system, administration and the budget of the endowed properties, which included land in present-day Afghanistan, Asia Minor, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq and Syria.
The original manuscript is kept sealed in the Manuscripts Section of the Central Library in Tabriz, the Islamic Republic of Iran.
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the supreme leader is chosen by a group called the Assembly of Experts, clerics who are elected every eight years.
Strangely, given Iran's pain during its war with Iraq, the murder of its diplomats has brought the Islamic republic more general sympathy than ever before.
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Moscow views the Islamic Republic of Iran as an important client, not a threat.
Obama has expressed interest in stronger efforts to pressure Iran, by way of leaning on businesses that supply the Islamic Republic with vital imports of gasoline.
In recent months, international pressure against Iran has intensified because of a continued standoff between the Islamic Republic and the West over its nuclear program.
The Islamic Republic News Agency says Iran has dug up most of the mines, and Tehran has threatened to cancel Inpex's contract and give it to another oil company.
President Obama has tried to engage with America's long-time foe, Iran, issuing a video address to both the people and leaders of Iran and calling the country by its official name, the Islamic Republic Iran, to signal that Washington was not seeking regime change.
"There is room to maneuver for politicians even inside the confinements of the Islamic Republic, " said Fereydoun Khavand, an expert on Iran's economy based in France.
Iran's counterproposal included five areas of nuclear and non-nuclear cooperation, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.
U.S. demands that the Islamic republic stop such traffic, coupled with long-standing tensions over Iran's nuclear program, has fueled fears of a wider war in the region.
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