| Like the news network Al-Alam | 29 |
| Like many a Bollywood star | 26 |
| Islamic Republic Day observer | 29 |
| Hassan Rowhani, for one | 23 |
| Hassan Rouhani, for one | 23 |
| Farsi speaker, perhaps | 22 |
| Certain Oriental rug maker | 26 |
| Caspian region resident | 23 |
| Ayatollah Khomeini, for one | 27 |
| Ayatollah Khomeini was one | 26 |
| Another name for Farsi | 22 |
| Afghani's neighbor | 22 |
| Abbas Kiarostami, for one | 25 |
| "Argo" extra | 22 |
| Member of a modern theocracy | 28 |
| An Indo-European language | 25 |
| Ahmadinejad, for example | 24 |
| Major Chinese energy source | 27 |
| Pakistanis' neighbors | 25 |
| They may come from Qom | 22 |
| Rafsanjani and Bani-Sadr | 24 |
| Ahmadinejad's people | 24 |
| Storm in Southwest Asia? | 24 |
| Where the Tigris flows | 22 |
| What some veterans recall | 25 |
| Baghdad is its capital | 22 |
| Where the Euphrates flows | 25 |
| Babylon's site, today | 25 |
| Where dinner costs dinars | 25 |
| Where Tigris meets Euphrates | 28 |
| Where dinners cost dinars | 25 |
| Today's Mesopotamia | 23 |
| Sunni Triangle setting | 22 |
| Subject of U.N. sanctions | 25 |
| Saddam's domain, once | 25 |
| Saddam used to rule it | 22 |
| Saddam Hussein's land | 25 |
| Ruins of Babylon locale | 23 |
| Persian Gulf War loser | 22 |
| Operation Desert Storm target | 29 |
| One side in a 1980s war | 23 |
| Modern site of Mesopotamia | 26 |
| Modern site of ancient Kish | 27 |
| Modern locale of ancient Ur | 27 |
| Modern home of ancient Ur | 25 |
| Mesopotamia's place | 23 |
| Mesopotamia's land | 22 |
| It includes Mesopotamia | 23 |
| It doesn't bare its arms | 28 |
| Former site of no-fly zones | 27 |
| Country carved up in 1920 | 25 |
| Babylon's site today | 24 |
| "Kismet" country | 26 |
| Fertile Crescent dweller | 24 |
| Saddam Hussein, notably | 23 |
| Saddam Hussein, for one | 23 |
| Nouri al-Maliki, for one | 24 |
| Modern-day Mesopotamian | 23 |
| Thief of Baghdad, e.g. | 22 |
| Operation ___ Freedom (2003) | 28 |
| Modern dweller in ancient Ur | 28 |
| Dweller along the Tigris | 24 |
| Baghdad dad, for example | 24 |
| Some Arab League members | 24 |
| People occupied since 2003 | 26 |
| Invaders of Kuwait, 1990 | 24 |
| 1990 invaders of Kuwait | 23 |
| Tony Blair advocated it | 23 |
| They may be rolled over | 23 |
| Some nest eggs, briefly | 23 |
| Investment options, for short | 29 |
| They might be rolled over | 25 |
| Funds for the golden yrs. | 25 |
| Authors Levin and Wolfert | 25 |
| An attendant on Cleopatra | 25 |
| Some nest eggs, for short | 25 |
| One of Cleopatra's maids | 28 |
| Cleopatra's handmaiden | 26 |
| Bank offerings, for short | 25 |
| Alternatives to pensions | 24 |
| They may be tax-deductible | 26 |
| Some savings plans, for short | 29 |
| Some retirement accts. | 22 |
| Some nest eggs, in brief | 24 |
| Writers Levin and Wolfert | 25 |
| Tax shelters, for short | 23 |
| Sr. citizens' nest eggs | 27 |
| Some savings plans, briefly | 27 |
| Some long-term investments | 26 |
| Some investment accts. | 22 |
| Savings plans, for short | 24 |
| Saving options, for short | 25 |
| Saving devices, briefly | 23 |
| Retirement funds, for short | 27 |
| Portfolio parts, briefly | 24 |
| Portfolio contents, for short | 29 |
| Novelists Levin and Wolfert | 27 |
| Nest eggs held at S&Ls | 26 |
| Investment options, briefly | 27 |
| Cleopatra's attendant | 25 |