Geographical position: Iran is located in Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan.
The country’s climate is mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast.
Languages: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%.
Tehran is the capital of Iran.
Surface: 1.648 million sq km
Population: 68,017,860
System of government: theocratic republic
Capital: Tehran
Religion: Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2%
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Shiraz |
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