Portal:Iran/Did you know
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- ...that the Diadochi were generals of Alexander the Great who sought power after his death?
- ...that the modern states of Armenia and Azerbaijan occupy those territories that were conquered by Ivan Paskevich from Persia during the Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828?
- ...that riots broke out among Azeris in Iran after a newspaper published a cartoon about a cockroach?
- ...that a Franco-Persian alliance (artist's impression pictured) was concluded by Napoleon in 1807 as a step to help him accomplish his objective of attacking British India?
- ...that Gholhak Garden, a British diplomatic compound in northern Tehran, has been at the center of diplomatic controversy between Britain and Iran?