Across
- 2. Coalation is a political coalition in Afghanistan led by Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan's former foreign minister and main challenger of President Hamid Karzai
- 5. Khazaee is the current Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations
- 7. a condition that must be fulfilled before other things can happen or be done
- 11. withdraw from commercial or social relations with as a punishment or protest
- 12. Nations an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
- 14. the elected head of a republican state
- 15. an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean
Down
- 1. highest-ranking executive official and the head of the executive power is the presiden who is elected by people's direct vote for a four-year term
- 3. an accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country
- 4. talks a discussion about peace or the ending of hostilities a conference or series of discussions aimed at achieving peace
- 6. an alliance for combined action, esp. a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states
- 8. hopeful and confident about the future
- 9. Council a permanent council of the United Nations responsible for preserving world peace
- 10. a leader or ruler of a people or clan
- 13. the capital and largest city of Iran