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| '''Iran''', officially the '''Islamic Republic of Iran''', and previously known as '''Persia''', is a country in the [[Middle East]].
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| ==History==
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| The [[Templars]] were active in the {{Wiki|Achaemenid Empire}}, helping King [[Darius I of Persia|Darius I]] overthrow the imposter {{Wiki|Gaumata}},<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> and then aided his son [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] in his invasion of [[Greece]] in 480 BCE.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' - [[Abstergo Files]]</ref> A [[Persian Assassins|Persian Assassin]] named [[Darius]] killed Xerxes in 465 BCE, which also marked the first recorded use of the [[Hidden Blade]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
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| The Templars bequeathed a [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]] to the Greek King [[Alexander the Great|Alexander of Macedon]] around 335 BCE, enabling him to seize the Persian Empire.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/>
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| By 1090, [[Hassan-i Sabbāh]] established the [[Levantine Assassins|Levantine]] [[Assassins|Assassin]] Brotherhood in the fortress of [[Alamut]].<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] fled to the fortress with his family, following his exile from [[Masyaf]] in 1227. During his time in Alamut, Altaïr discovered six [[Memory Seals]] beneath the fortress.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>
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| [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] was Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979. In 1953, he allowed [[Abstergo Industries]] and the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] to overthrow Prime Minister [[Mohammad Mosaddegh]] to protect their oil interests. Four years later, they helped Pahlavi establish the [[SAVAK]], in order to goad his people into submission.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - [[Rifts]]</ref>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Iran| ]] | | [[Category:Iran| ]] |
Revision as of 09:05, 8 February 2016
