this study is looking to understand the reasons behind cold relations of iran and republic of azerbaijan. the authors believe that iran and azerbaijan have not had friendly relationship in spite of many similarities including historical, cultural, ethnic and religious background. the hypothesis of this study is that there are six factors that cause the unfriendly relations. these factors are et...

after the soviet :union: in newly independent georgia, the location of his gate and called the caucasus since this position tremendous impact on how relations with russia and the west had in this country is a way to attack the topic georgian forces in south ossetia in 2008. md, the severe russian reaction to georgia's pro-west thought it had occurred, the incidence of and despite media eff...

abstract background: fascioliasis, caused by fasciola hepatica and f. gigantica , has medical and economic importance in the world. molecular approaches comparing tradi­tional methods using for identification and characterization of fasciola spp. are precise and reliable. the aims of current study were molecular characterization of fasciola spp. in west azerbaijan province, iran and then compar...

The blockade imposed on Qatar changed the power dynamics in Persian Gulf, increasing tension and insecurity area. Qatar’s ability to overcome was largely due its cooperation with Iran, two countries’ ties grew as a result. This study investigates whether long-standing hedging toward Iran has into an alignment wake of 2017 blockade. key conclusion article is that, despite faint signals during bl...

INTRODUCTION Asia and Pacific region is the largest region in the world with a vast geographic area of land and water, some 60 per cent of the world’s population and includes 55 countries as defined by the United Nations. The countries span a wide part of the globe from Iran and Armenia in the west to French Polynesia in the east, from the Russian Federation and Japan in the north to New Zealan...

The historical distribution of the cheetah Acinonyx jubatus extended from Africa through the Arabian Peninsula into Iran and Afghanistan. From there, the range continued eastwards to Pakistan and India, and northeast through Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan (Nowell & Jackson 1996). During the Middle Ages, cheetahs also occurred to the west of the Caspian Sea, in Transcaucas...

Much ink has been spilled about apprehensions in Israel and the West that Iran could develop nuclear weapons, prompting calls in American, Israeli, and now even Arab circles for the application of military force to stop the mullahs. Yet, there is another, more immediate nuclear-related danger to the Jewish state that has received far less attention: the possibility that Israel's adversaries cou...

growth and reproductive attributes were determined for capoeta damascina, an endemic fish species from west of iran. a total of 147 specimens of both sexes were sampled monthly from november 2008 to october 2009. the overall sex ratio was female biased. males were aged 0-4 years and females 0-5 years. the von bertalanffy growth parameters were estimated as; linf=34.81 cm, k=0.27 year-1, t0=-0.6...

conclusions a relatively high prevalence of acanthamoeba spp. in rivers reflects a risk alert for threatening human health in the region. however, well hygienic status of the tap waters considering acanthamoeba spp. cannot be ignored in western co-border regions of iran-iraq. this study can also serve as a platform for further explorations of water sources in iran and neighboring countries. res...