If this was an orbital launch attempt, it was the first Iranian attempt to launch a satellite.

Apparently the suspicions were based on a misunderstanding amid fears about Iranian attempts to exert influence here.

Ultimately, the Iranian attempt to close the strait was foiled by Washington's superior firepower.

In 1951 an Iranian attempt to nationalize the company led to the overthrow of the Iranian government, and also to a more fair agreement.

Iranian attempts to retake the peninsula failed, with heavy losses.

The organization dismissed this, asserting that its fighters had defeated an Iranian attempt to seize the Qandil area.

In 2012, we will step up our efforts to stop the Iranian attempt to acquire nuclear weapons.

The Iranian attempt at a national plague, which had predated her government job, had both frightened and encouraged her.

Relations between the two nations soured as Iran denied Yemeni assertions that the shipment was an Iranian attempt to arm rebel forces.

The marshes had previously been dried by a mixture of drought and Iraqi engineering, despite Iranian attempts at refilling the marshes.