From the message board posting at http://iran.whyweprotest.net .
Ahmadinejad -- Ah-Ma-Dee-Nay-Zhad (Zh as in the second G in garage)
Ayatollah -- Ah-Yeah-Toll-Aa
Birjand -- Beer-Jund (Bir rhymes with fear and Jund rhymes with fund)
Ghazvin -- Gaz-Vain
Hamid --- Ha-Meade (Ha rhymes with da in dada)
Isfahan -- Is-Fa-Hawn
Karoubi -- Ka-Robe-EE
Khamenei -- Kah-Ma-Nay-EE
Khatami -- Kah-Tammy
Khomeini -- Koh-Main-EE (Try saying it fast, though)
Khorasan -- Koh-Ra-Son
Mashhad -- Mash-had
Montazeri - Mun-Ta-Ze-Ree
Mousavi -- Moo-Savvy
Neda Aga-Soltan -- Neh-dA Sole-Tan (Neh rhymes with meh, the A in 'da' is pronounced the like the A in 'ark'. Both the A's in Aga are pronounced like the A in Ark. The A in Tan is is pronounced the same way.
Nowrouz -- Nav-Rooz (Nav rhymes with Love and Rooz rhymes with booz)
Pahlavi -- Pah-Love-Ee
Qom -- Gom (Rhymes with Dome)
Sanandaj -- Son-un-duj (duj is pronounced like budge)
Sohrab A'rabi -- Sooh-Rob A-Rob-EE (Sooh rhymes with Though, the A in A'rabi is prounced like the A that means one but there's TINY TINY pause after the A sound until you get to Rob.)
Tabriz -- Tub-raise
Tehran -- Tay-Ron
Taraneh -- Ta-Raw-Neh (Ta rhymes with wha? Neh rhymes with meh)
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