Iran Travel Guide

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Quick Facts
Location noframe
Flag Image:ir-flag.png
Capital Tehran
Language Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
Internet TLD .ir
Calling Code +98
Religion Muslim 98% (Shi'a 89%, Sunni 10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 1%
Area 1.648 million km2
Population 68,688,433(July 2006 est.)
Government Theocratic Republic
Currency Iranian Rial (IRR)
Electricity 220V/50Hz (European plug)
Time Zone UTC+3:30

Iran is a country in Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since antiquity and came into international use in 1935, before which the country was widely known as Persia.

[edit] Understand

Iran
Both Persia and Iran are used interchangeably in cultural contexts; however, Iran is the name used officially in political contexts.is a large country between the Middle East and Central Asia, between the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea. It is bordered by Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan's Naxcivan enclave, Armenia, and Azerbaijan to the northwest, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the southeast. Iran is the eighteenth largest country in the world, with an area of 1,648,000 km2 (636,000 sq mi). Its area roughly equals that of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Germany combined, or somewhat more than the US state of Alaska.



[edit] Regions

Baluchistan
Caspian Iran
Central Iran
Khorasan
Gulf Region
Iranian Azerbaijan
Western Iran





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