Quick Facts - Iran

Capital	Tehran
Government	Theocratic Republic
Currency	Iranian Rial (IRR)
Area	total: 1.648 mil km2 water: 0 km2 land: 1.648 mil km2
Population	68.7 millions
Language	Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
Religion	Muslim 98% (Shi'a 89%, Sunni 10%),
Electricity	220V/50Hz (European plug)
Calling Code	98
Internet TLD	.ir
Time Zone	UTC+3:30

Background

Iran is a large country in the Middle East, 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.

Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling shah was forced into exile. Conservative clerical forces subsequently crushed Americanising, yet also liberal/left-wing, influences. Iranian student protestors seized the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979 and held it until 20 January 1981. From 1980 to 1988, Iran fought a bloody, indecisive war with Iraq over disputed territory. Key current issues affecting the country include the pace of accepting outside modernizing influences and reconciliation between clerical control of the regime and popular government participation and widespread demands for reform. Unemployment amongst the young is also an issue.

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