Information about Iran
Location
Iran is in the Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea.
With a total of 5,440 km land boundaries, Iran shares borders with
Afghanistan (936 km),
Armenia (35 km,
Azerbaijan (432 km),
Azerbaijan-Naxcivan (exclave, 179 km),
Iraq (1,458 km),
Pakistan (909 km),
Turkey (499 km) and
Turkmenistan (992 km).

 Statistics
- Area: 1.648 million km² (land 1.636 million km², water: 12,000 km²)
- Population: 65,875,223 (July 2008)
- Capital: Tehran
- Languages: 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 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%
- Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
- Time Zone: GMT +3.5hrs
- Currency: Iranian Rial [IRR]
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