The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant.
A representative of the Iranian students holds up a portrait of a blindfolded American hostage during a press conference in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Nov. 5, 1979. | AP Photo Iranians storm U.S. Embassy, Nov. 4, 1979
And as if to make the point, only a couple of days after this on Jan 7th, came the news that, Iran and Russia replaced the U.S. dollar with their national currencies in bilateral trade, Iranâs state-run Fars news agency reported, citing Seyed Reza Sajjadi, the Iranian ambassador in Moscow.