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Rasht

 (răsht) also Resht (rĕsht)
A city of northwest Iran near the Caspian Sea east-southeast of Tabriz.
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Rasht

(ræʃt) or

Resht

n
(Placename) a city in NW Iran, near the Caspian Sea: agricultural and commercial centre in a rice-growing area. Pop: 586 000 (2005 est)
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Rasht

(ræʃt)

also Resht



n.
a city in NW Iran. 374,475.
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Noun1.Rasht - city in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea
Resht
Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia - a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
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Within the North-South corridor, Astara-Rasht-Qazvin railway project envisages the construction of a new railway line in Iran, which will connect Astara, Azerbaijan to the Iranian cities of Astara, Rasht and Qazvin as well as the reconstruction of an existing railway in Azerbaijan.
Repair work resumed at Astara-Astara railway terminal
The President Emomali Rahmon participated in the playground commissioning ceremony as a part of working visit to Rasht valley in Sangvor district on June 24.
Emomali Rahmon pays working visit to Sangvor district
Soon after the border project is complete, Tehran and Baku will start work on its extension to the city of Rasht in northern Gilan Province.
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Local officials say an anonymous letter demanding female teachers quit their jobs or face death has been left at a school in the eastern Tajik district of Rasht, a former stronghold of the Islamic opposition in the Central Asian nation, reports RFE/RL.
East Tajikistan teachers threatened in anonymous letter to give up on school or die, police say
The main purpose of this study to identify factors affecting the banking facilities of Bank Sepah (agricultural facilities) in the city of Rasht.
Factors affecting the use of bank facilities Bank Sepah (case study of agricultural facilities in Rasht city)
Prior to his detention, Nadarkhani was a pastor for the Church of Iran, a 400-plus congregation of Christians in the city of Rasht.
Christian convert in Iran may still be hanged
GILAN, September 14, 2011 (Frontier Star): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday visited the homeland of his ancestors in the city of Rasht, capital of Gilan province.
Prime Minister visits his ancestral Gilan province
He indicated in a speech at the city of Rasht in north-west Iran, that there would be further rounds of negotiations.
Ahmadinejad: For further negotiations with the West
The attack occurred on Sunday about 250km east of the capital Dushanbe, in the mountainous and inaccessible Rasht Valley near the border with Afghanistan.
Soldiers die in Tajikistan ambush
The aim of this work is to estimate generated methane gases from Saravan landfill in Rasht city and then introducing two methods of methane burning and energy recovering with regard to decreasing its volume in the landfill and comparing these 2 methods considering the environmental and economical effects in Rasht and Saravan area.
Methane reduction possibility study in Rasht city landfills considering green development mechanism
In the city of Rasht, in the center of the province, waste sampling was carried out for 10 successive days in the middle of each of the four seasons in 1992-1993.
Solid waste management in Guilan Province, Iran
Within the North-South corridor, Astara-Rasht-Qazvin railway project envisages the construction of a new railway line in Iran, which will connect Astara (Azerbaijan) to the Iranian cities of Astara, Rasht and Qazvin, as well as the reconstruction of the existing railway in Azerbaijan.
Iran Railways: Azerbaijan actively participating in North-South Corridor formation

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