Islamic Republic of Iran
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3.2
- proper noun
- Formal
:
República Islámica de Irán
- This was followed by fear of the Soviets, and since 1979, by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Examples
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The establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent shock waves throughout the region and set in motion a string of violent eruptions.
Academic text (2010) -
If there is a nation ruled by the Koran, it must be the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Blog text (5) -
Already, I began to doubt the severity of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Academic text (2002) -
No, the biggest problem is that Obama played into the strategic communications campaign of Washington's chief regional adversary, the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Academic text (2011) -
But there's one specific reason why the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear weapons that's seldom discussed.
Academic text (2011) -
In their own ways, and in pursuit of their own interests, each of these authoritarian governments has established an informal alliance with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Academic text (2010) -
I'm not sure how much Ahmadinejad actually believes in his statements, but as a leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, he deserves to be heard in the argument as well.
Blog text (6) -
We are joining an international campaign for human rights and against torture, execution, stoning, and rape in the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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We, a group of Iranians living in Sydney, are starting a 2-day hunger strike to show our sympathy and support for the Iranian political prisoners in general, held in the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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A woman playing a major role in a political campaign... this really was a breakthrough in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Synonyms
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1.0
A country in the Middle East with a long history and lots of oil
Surface Forms
Morphology
Islamic + republic + of + Iran
The phrase is fully compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'Islamic' (connected to Islam), 'republic' (a state governed by representatives), and 'Iran' will readily interpret this as the official name denoting Iran's Islamic republican form of government. This naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard noun phrase composition, making the meaning transparent to learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Islamic Republic of Iran was chosen after the 1979 revolution to show the country's government follows Islamic rules, is a Republic with elected leaders, and is the nation called Iran. So today this full name is the country's official name.