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Ham·a·dan

 (hăm′ə-dăn′, -dän′)
A city of western Iran west-southwest of Tehran. An ancient city, it was captured by Alexander the Great in 330 bc and later ruled by Seleucid kings, Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs (after c. ad 645).
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Hamadān

(ˈhæməˌdæn) or

Hamedān

n
(Placename) city in W central Iran, at an altitude of over 1830 m (6000 ft): changed hands several times from the 17th century between Iraq, Persia, and Turkey; trading centre. Pop: 508 000 (2005 est)
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Ham•a•dan

(ˈhæm əˌdæn; Pers. hæ mæˈdɑn)

n.
a city in W Iran. 406,070. Ancient, Ecbatana.
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Waves of Executions in Iran Sixteen Baluch political prisoners were executed in Zahedan, and another Baluch political prisoner was hanged in Hamadan. On 27 October, a Baluch political prisoner was executed in Khorramabad.
Persian kings also introduced a new writing system, Old Persian cuneiform, as seen on part of a column base from Hamadan, and on the famous seal of Darius (522-486 BC).
The aim of the current study was investigating the relationship between attachment styles with function of thinking styles of high school girl students in Hamadan. Methods: Participants were 340 students from the four science high schools.
"One of our colleagues came up with this idea last summer and we decided to carry it out," diver Hamadan bin Salim Al Masoudi told the Emirates 24/7 website.
The first confirmed case of human CCHF in the Hamadan province in western Iran, was reported in Hamadan city in 2004.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad is unharmed when a homemade explosive went off near his motorcade during a visit to the western city of Hamadan. But state media said only a firecracker had been set off by a young man excited to see the president and a police chief called news of an attack a "big lie" spread by foreign media.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was unharmed when a homemade explosive went off near his motorcade during a visit to the western city of Hamadan on Wednesday, a source in his office said.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad survived an attack with a homemade explosive device on his motorcade during a visit to the western city of Hamadan on Wednesday, a source in his office said.
Several additional hemoglobin variants, including Hb J Iran and Hb Hamadan, were also detected in several families, all of whom needed genetic counseling [4-6].
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