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The French government has expressed its concerns to the Iranian government about the human rights situation in Iran. On 12 December 2005, the Prime Minister awarded the French Human Rights Prize to the wife of Emadeddin Baqi, an Iranian dissident who fights for prisoners’ rights and against the death penalty in Iran .
The wildlife of Iran include the fauna and flora of Iran. One of the most famous animals of Iran is the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus venaticus ), which today survives only in Iran.
The wildlife of France can be divided into that of Metropolitan France, and that of the French Overseas territories. For more information, see: For more information, see: Fauna of Metropolitan France
From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.
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Germany, rather than France, would thus become the major European centre of Iranian dissent in the 1930s. [26] Notable Iranians who studied in France include Mehdi Bazargan, the first Iranian to pass the entrance examination to any of the grandes écoles; he went on to become prime minister of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. [27]
Lion in Iran photographed by Antoin Sevruguin (1830s–1933). The Asiatic lion reportedly disappeared here before the end of the 20th century. Persian leopard Turkestan sand cat Striped hyena Indian wolf Asiatic black bear. There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat.
Nasrin is also a member of Iran Cinema House, where she mentors both men and women. Sogol Kheirandish, 30, dancer Sogol performs flow art at a park in northern Tehran on Jan. 20, 2022.