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Islamic Republic of Iran جمهوری اسلامی ایران (Persian) <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān | |
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Anthem: | |
Capital and largest city | Tehran 35°41′N 51°25′E / 35.683°N 51.417°E / 35.683; 51.417 |
Official languages | Persian |
Ethnic groups | List of ethnicities 69% Persian 6% Azerbaijani 10% Kurd 6% Lur (incl. Bakhtiari) 2% Turkmen and other Turkic peoples 2% Baloch 2% Arab 3% other |
Religion | Shia Islam (official) |
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Government | Unitary theocratic presidential Islamic republic |
Ali Khamenei | |
Mohammad Mokhber (acting) | |
Mohammad Mokhber | |
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | |
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i | |
Legislature | Islamic Consultative Assembly |
Establishment history | |
c. 678 BC | |
550 BC | |
247 BC | |
224 AD | |
934 | |
1501 | |
1736 | |
1751 | |
1796 | |
15 December 1925 | |
11 February 1979 | |
3 December 1979 | |
28 July 1989 | |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (17th) |
• Water (%) | 1.63 (as of 2015) |
Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 83,183,741 (17th) |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (162nd) |
GDP (PPP) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $1.246,26 trillion (23th) |
• Per capita | $14,520 (66th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $1.136,68 trillion (17st) |
• Per capita | $13,240 (78th) |
Gini (2018) | ▲ 42.0 medium |
HDI (2019) | 0.783 high · 70th |
Currency | Iranian rial (Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).) (IRR) |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Date format | yyyy/mm/dd (SH) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +98 |
ISO 3166 code | IR |
Internet TLD |
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, also known as Persia, is a country in Western Asia. It is part of the Middle East region. It shares borders with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.
Tehran is the capital and largest city. Iran is the eighteenth largest country in the world. It has more than 84.9 million people. Iran has been a member of the United Nations since 1945. It is a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). It is an Islamic republic.