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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Calling code
+98
Currency
Iranian rial (ریال) (IRR)
Demonym
Iranian
Ethnic groups (2025)
61% Persians[a] · 16% Azerbaijanis · 10% Kurds · 6% Lurs · 2% Arabs
GDP (nominal)
2026 estimate
GDP .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(PPP)
2026 estimate

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Iran

Nodes972
Edges971
Triples889
Avg. degree2
Density0.002058
Components1

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Iran

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related to Literature · 40
Iran → Abbasids, Achaemenid, AD, After, Asia Minor, Avesta, Avestan, BC, Behistun Inscription, Central Asia, Described, Ferdowsi, Goethe's, Hafez, Iran's, Iranian, Iranians, Islamic Caliphate, Islamic Iran, Khorasan
related to Religion · 35
Iran → About, Armenian, Armenian Monastic Ensembles, Around, Assyrians, Baháʼís, Christianity, Christians, CIA, Freedom, Hanafi, In, Iranians, Isfahan, Islam, Israel, Jewish, Judaism, Kurdish, Middle East
related to Languages · 32
Iran → Arabic, Arabs, Armenian, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani, Circassian, Circassians, Georgian, Gilan, In Khuzestan, Indo-European, Iran's, Iranian, Iranian Arabs, Khuzestan, Khuzi Arabic, Kurdish, Kurdistan, Lari, Luri
related to Foreign relations · 28
Iran → Assad, Axis, Baloch, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi, However, In December, Iran's, Iraq, Islamic Resistance, Israel, It, Kurdish, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Palestinian, Popular Mobilization Forces, Qatar
related to Media · 28
Iran → About, Culture, Digikala, Direct, English-language, Etemad, Ettela'at, Facebook, Financial Tribune, Google Search, Hamshahri, Instagram, Internet, Iran Daily, Iran's, Iranian, IRIB, Islamic Guidance, Kayhan, Middle East
related to Military · 27
Iran → Aerospace Force, Air Defence Force, Air Force, Basij, Faraja, Ground Forces, In, Iran Armed Forces, Iran Army, Iranian, IRGC, IRIAF, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, It, Most, Navy, Police Command, President Donald Trump, Quds Force
related to history · 26
Iran → Achaemenid, Agriculture, Araxes, Archived, BC, Caucasus, Elam, Embassy, Epipaleolithic, Fertile Crescent, Ganj Dareh, History, Iranian, June, Lisbon, Many Middle Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Neanderthals, Shush, Susa
related to Human rights · 25
Iran → An, Baháʼí Faith, Boeing, Capital, Further, Government, Guidance Patrol, In, Iranian, IRGC, January, Kyiv, Mahsa Amini, On, Rehman, September, Sexual, Tehran, The, The Iranian
related to Ethnic groups · 24
Iran → According, Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Azerbaijanis, Balochis, Congress, Ethnic, Georgians, Gilaks, Iranian, Jews, Kurds, Lurs, Mazanderanis, Mazenderanis, Persian, Persians, Qashqai, Shahsevan
related to Antiquity · 23
Iran → Assyria, Assyrian, Babylonian, BC, Central Asia, Cyaxares, Elam, Gutians, In, Inscriptions, Iranian, Jiroft, Kassites, Mannaeans, Nabopolassar, Near East, Neo-Assyrian Empire, Nineveh, Proto-Elamite, The

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iranian persian government iran's empire power islamic state shah world one first revolution president century bc national largest tehran country

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IranCalling code+981.00infobox
IranCapitaland largest cityTehran .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.…1.00infobox
IranCurrencyIranian rial (ریال) (IRR)1.00infobox
IranDemonymIranian1.00infobox
IranEthnic groups (2025)61% Persians[a]1.00infobox
IranEthnic groups (2025)16% Azerbaijanis1.00infobox
IranEthnic groups (2025)10% Kurds1.00infobox
IranEthnic groups (2025)6% Lurs1.00infobox
IranEthnic groups (2025)2% Arabs1.00infobox
IranEthnic groups (2025)2% Baloch1.00infobox
IranEthnic groups (2025)2% Turkmen and Turkic tribes1.00infobox
IranEthnic groups (2025)1% others1.00infobox
IranGDP (nominal)2026 estimate1.00infobox
IranGDP .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(PPP)2026 estimate1.00infobox
IranGini (2023)35.9 @media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-them…1.00infobox
IranGovernmentUnitary presidential[b] theocratic Islamic republic under an authoritarian dictatorship1.00infobox
IranHDI (2023)0.799 high (75th)1.00infobox
IranInternet TLD.ir1.00infobox
IranInternet TLDایران.1.00infobox
IranISO 3166 codeIR1.00infobox
IranLegislatureIslamic Consultative Assembly1.00infobox
IranOfficial languagesPersian1.00infobox
IranReligion (2026)99.4% Islam 90–95% Shia (official) 5–10% Sunni1.00infobox
IranReligion (2026)90–95% Shia (official)1.00infobox
IranReligion (2026)5–10% Sunni1.00infobox
IranReligion (2026)0.6% other (incl. Christians, Zoroastrians, Jews)1.00infobox
IranTime zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)1.00infobox
Iran• 2025 estimate92,417,681 (17th)1.00infobox
Iran• Achaemenid Empire550 BC1.00infobox
Iran• Afsharid Iran22 January 17361.00infobox

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