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.

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 .

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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