Iranian
noun
Ira·ni·an
i-ˈrā-nē-ən 
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ī-
-ˈra-
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ī-
1
: a native or inhabitant of Iran
2
: a branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes Persian see Indo-European Languages Table
Iranian
adjective
Examples of Iranian in a Sentence
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Meir Litvak, from the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, tells Schmitz that the strike's location shows Israel's ability and intent to hit Iran's important sites.
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Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
The Tasnim news agency is closely affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The Iranian Embassy in London did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Western officials have since revealed Moscow’s plans to manufacture 6,000 drone units that are variants of the Iranian Shahed-136 by 2025, improving upon Iran’s prototype.
—William Neff, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
For the first time since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Ayatollah regime violated Israeli sovereignty directly without using any of its proxies, such as Hezbollah or Hamas.
—Gadi Ezra, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
The Israeli ambassador to the UN requested the emergency meeting in a letter Saturday, and requested the council condemn the attack and designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
The ambassador, Gilad Erdan, asked the council to condemn Iran’s attack on his country and to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terror organization.
—NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024
One was an Israeli strike on the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, which killed two senior Iranian commanders.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
The Tasnim news agency is closely affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The Iranian Embassy in London did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Western officials have since revealed Moscow’s plans to manufacture 6,000 drone units that are variants of the Iranian Shahed-136 by 2025, improving upon Iran’s prototype.
—William Neff, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
For the first time since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Ayatollah regime violated Israeli sovereignty directly without using any of its proxies, such as Hezbollah or Hamas.
—Gadi Ezra, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
The Israeli ambassador to the UN requested the emergency meeting in a letter Saturday, and requested the council condemn the attack and designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
The ambassador, Gilad Erdan, asked the council to condemn Iran’s attack on his country and to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terror organization.
—NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024
One was an Israeli strike on the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, which killed two senior Iranian commanders.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
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Iranian
noun
Ira·ni·an
ir-ˈā-nē-ən
1
: a person born or living in Iran
2
: a branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes Persian
Iranian
adjective
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