Iran

Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran
Also known as: جمهوری اسلامی ایران (Persian), Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân

Flag of Iran
Capital of Iran: Tehran
Area of Iran: 1,648,195 km² (636,372 mi²) (18th)
Population of Iran: 91,567,738 (17th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Southwestern Asia, Middle East
Languages of Iran: Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, KurdishGilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic
Religions of Iran: Muslim (official) 98.5%, Christian 0.7%, Baháʼí 0.3%, agnostic 0.3%, other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Hindu) 0.2% (2020 est.)
Ethnic groups of Iran: Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen, and Turkic tribes
Currency: Iranian Rial (ریال) (IRR)
Time zone: UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Calling code: (+98)
Organizations: United Nations, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Border countries (7): Afghanistan 921 km (572 mi), Armenia 44 km (27 mi), Azerbaijan-proper 432 km (268 mi), Azerbaijan-Nakhchivan exclave 179 km (111 mi), Iraq 1,599 km (994 mi), Pakistan 909 km (565 mi), Turkey 534 km (332 mi), Turkmenistan 1,148 km (713 mi).
Coastline: 2,815 kilometres (1,749 mi) — note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea, for 740 kilometres (460 mi)
Maritime boundaries: Caspian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf

Administrative divisions of Iran
Iran Map

31 provinces (ostanha, singular - ostan):
Alborz, Ardabil, Azarbayjan-e Gharbi (West Azerbaijan), Azarbayjan-e Sharqi (East Azerbaijan), Bushehr, Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari, Esfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorasan-e Jonubi (South Khorasan), Khorasan-e Razavi (Razavi Khorasan), Khorasan-e Shomali (North Khorasan), Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh va Bowyer Ahmad, Kordestan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Qom, Semnan, Sistan va Baluchestan, Tehran, Yazd, Zanjan.

Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur.