Capital: Tehran
Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan
Government: Islamic Republic of Iran
Currency: Iranian rials (IRR)
Area: 1,648,195 sq km
Population: 85,888,910 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic
Religion: Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+3.5
Tel Code: +98
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