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Dasht-e-Kavir
or ٲ--·
[ dahsht-ee-kah-veer; English dahsht-ee-kuh-veer ]
noun
- a salt desert in N central Iran. About 77,220 sq. mi. (200,000 sq. km).
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The political fallout from Dasht-e-Kavir "The worse I do, the more popular I get," mused President John F. Kennedy, baffled by his spurt in the polls after the Bay of Pigs fiasco.
In fact, the sands had barely settled in Iran's Dasht-e-Kavir desert before Carter took to the road.
The ceremony honored five of the eight servicemen who died two weeks ago in Iran's Dasht-e-Kavir desert during the aborted raid to rescue the Americans held hostage in Tehran.
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