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, 25 Mar. 2024
• Why were so many convinced that oil prices would keep rising after the spike caused by the Iranian Revolution?
  — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
• The strike appeared to hit an apartment about 100 meters from the Iranian Embassy.
  — Aamer Madhani, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
• The proxies appear well funded and in the face of US sanctions, Iranian Oil revenue is booming.
  — Michael Tobin, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
• Newsweek reached out to the Iranian Mission to the United Nations for comment via email outside of business hours.
  — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
• Now that Raisi is confirmed dead, the Iranian Constitution calls for new elections within 50 days.
  — Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
• Eight days later, the Iranian Space Agency finally achieved success with the Simorgh rocket.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024
• 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, 12 Sep. 2023
• The Iranian Embassy in London did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
• 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, 22 Oct. 2023
• Over the past year, the Union Council of Iranian Students has said that hundreds of students faced disciplinary panels at their universities over the protests.
  — Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2023
• 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, 9 Jan. 2025
• 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, 25 Nov. 2023
• As previously noted, the original Iranian Shahed-136 first seen in Ukraine in 2022 has mutated rapidly.
  — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• 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
• This handout photo made available by the Iranian Army Office on March 12, 2025 shows navy vessels taking part in a joint Iranian-Russian-Chinese military drill in the Gulf of Oman.
  — Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 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
• Masoud Nazari Mehrabi/Iranian Army/AP What To Know Qalibaf said that under current circumstances, bolstering Iran's defense capabilities is an urgent priority.
  — Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
• Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Shiite Eighth Imam Reza, in Tehran on August 24, 2025.
  — Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
• Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi speaks during a rally outside the former US embassy in the capital Tehran on November 4, 2019, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis.
  — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 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
• In this photo released by the official website of the Supreme Leader's Office on Thursday, June 26, 2025, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears among his supporters for the first time since the Iran-Israel war, in Tehran, Iran.
  — Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025