Saddam Hussein- an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979
until 9 April 2003.
The Iran–Iraq War – a protracted armed conflict that began on 22 September 1980 with a fullscale invasion of Iran by neighboring Iraq. The war lasted for almost eight years and ended in a
stalemate on 20 August 1988, when Iran accepted Resolution 598 of the United Nations Security
Council.
Marie Curie- a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering
research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the
only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two
scientific fields.
Seyyed Abolhassan Banisadr-an Iranian politician and writer. He was the first president of Iran after
the 1979 Iranian Revolution abolished the monarchy, serving from February 1980 until his
impeachment by parliament in June 1981.
James Bond - a fictional British secret agent created by novelist Ian Fleming in 1953.
Fundamentalism- a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the
strict, literal interpretation of scripture.
Baghdad – the capital of the Republic of Iraq
Tehran – the capital of Iran