How to Use Iranian in a Sentence

Iranian

noun
  • The dancers were the last few members of the Iranian National Ballet.
    — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 2024-03-25
  • Why were so many convinced that oil prices would keep rising after the spike caused by the Iranian Revolution?
    — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 2024-10-18
  • The strike appeared to hit an apartment about 100 meters from the Iranian Embassy.
    — Aamer Madhani, TIME, 2024-10-01
  • The proxies appear well funded and in the face of US sanctions, Iranian Oil revenue is booming.
    — Michael Tobin, Fox News, 2024-01-30
  • Newsweek reached out to the Iranian Mission to the United Nations for comment via email outside of business hours.
    — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 2025-03-06
  • Now that Raisi is confirmed dead, the Iranian Constitution calls for new elections within 50 days.
    — Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 2024-05-20
  • Eight days later, the Iranian Space Agency finally achieved success with the Simorgh rocket.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2024-02-02
  • The Iranian Revolution turned that relationship on its head.
    — Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 2024-12-10
  • And abroad, Iranian state media reported that someone set tires ablaze in front of the Iranian Embassy in Paris over the weekend.
    — Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 2023-09-12
  • At a moment of war and deep division in the Middle East, a film co-directed by an Israeli and an Iranian is already a victory in and of itself.
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 2023-10-22
  • During Carter’s presidency, the Iranian Revolution broke out, and more than 50 Americans were held hostage for a year.
    — Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2025-01-09
  • He was appointed to the prime minister’s office and sent to Iranian Kurdistan as part of a delegation tasked with negotiating with Kurdish rebels.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 2025-03-12
  • The equivalent for Operation Iranian Freedom would be 3.7 million.
    — John Seiler, Oc Register, 2025-06-23
  • In Iranian Kurdistan, unemployment is widespread, leading many disenfranchised men to pursue this dangerous career.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 2025-04-17
  • To extend the family’s stay in the country for that surgery, their father obtained a temporary job at the Iranian Embassy and worked there in October and November 1961.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 2023-11-25
  • Michael White had only recently arrived in a grim Iranian jail when a curious fellow prisoner, an English-speaking Iranian, approached him in the courtyard for a conversation.
    — Eric Tucker, BostonGlobe.com, 2023-09-10
  • As previously noted, the original Iranian Shahed-136 first seen in Ukraine in 2022 has mutated rapidly.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • More than 100 Iranian students attend the university, according to an estimate from the Iranian Student Assn.
    — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 2025-05-12
  • The terrorist organization Hezbollah also formed during the invasion with the help of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 2024-06-06
  • The consulate building, which includes the ambassador’s residence and is located next to the Iranian Embassy, is considered sovereign Iranian territory.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 2024-04-02
  • Wisner planted the seeds of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini and brutal mullah successors.
    — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 2025-05-15
  • That decision came after Iran issued threats of retaliation for a 2020 drone strike, ordered by Trump while Bolton was in office, that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
    — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Nuclear diplomacy with Iran is at a standstill as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated over the weekend his opposition to the resumption of direct diplomacy with Washington.
    — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Kings, or shahs, ruled Persia – it became known as Iran in 1935 – until the Iranian Revolution of 1979 eliminated the monarchy and established the Islamic Republic of Iran.
    — Debbie Felton, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The nonprofit group Human Rights Activists in Iran and the Iranian Health Ministry reported that the conflict killed between 935 and 1,190 Iranians, including 38 children and 132 women, and injured over 4,000.
    — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025

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