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Iran

Once known as Persia, it had been one of the greatest empires of the old world, and has long maintained a distinct cultural identity by retaining its own language and the Islamic religion.

Information From the CIA: Iranian-US relations have been strained since a group of Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979 and held it until 20 January 1981. During 1980-88, Iran fought a bloody, indecisive war with Iraq that eventually expanded into the Persian Gulf and led to clashes between US Navy and Iranian military forces between 1987-1988. Iran has been designated a state sponsor of terrorism for its activities in Lebanon and elsewhere in the world and remains subject to US economic sanctions and export controls because of its continued involvement. Following the elections of a reformist president and Majlis in the late 1990s, attempts to foster political reform in response to popular dissatisfaction floundered as conservative politicians prevented reform measures from being enacted, increased repressive measures, and made electoral gains against reformers. Parliamentary elections in 2004 and the August 2005 inauguration of a conservative stalwart as president, completed the reconsolidation of conservative power in Iran's government.

International Disputes: Iran protests Afghanistan's limiting flow of dammed tributaries to the Helmand River in periods of drought; Iraq's lack of a maritime boundary with Iran prompts jurisdiction disputes beyond the mouth of the Shatt al Arab in the Persian Gulf; Iran and UAE engage in direct talks and solicit Arab League support to resolve disputes over Iran's occupation of Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island; Iran stands alone among littoral states in insisting upon a division of the Caspian Sea into five equal sectors.

Iran has a coastline of 2,440 km, and also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km), and land borders totaling 5,440 km. Border countries: Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km, Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq 1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km. Iran is slightly larger than Alaska in the US.

There are 30 provinces (called ostanha there, singular - ostan): Ardabil, Bushehr, Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari, East Azarbaijan, Esfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorasan-e Janubi, Khorasan-e Razavi, Khorasan-e Shemali, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad, Kordestan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Qom, Semnan, Sistan va Baluchestan, Tehran, Wast Azarbaijan, Yazd, and Zanjan.

Iran

Phone Country Code +98

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Iran Provinces

Ardabil Province Iran

The capital of Ardabil is Ardebil

Bushehr

The capital of Bushehr is Bushehr

Chahar Mahall and Bakhtiari Province Iran

The capital is Shahr-e-Kord

East Azarbaijan Province Iran

The capital is Tabriz

Esfahan / Isfahan Province Iran

The capital is Esfahan / Isfahan

City of Esfahan / Isfahan Iran

Fars Province Iran

The capital is Shiraz

City of Shiraz

Gilan Province Iran

The capital is Rasht

Golestan Province Iran

The capital is Gorgan

Hamadan Province Iran

The capital is Hamadan

Hormozgan Province Iran

The capital is Bandar-e-Abbas also known as Bandar Abbas

Ilam Province Iran

The capital is Ilam

Kerman Province Iran

The capital is Kerman

Kermanshah Province Iran

The capital is Kermanshah

Khuzestan Province Iran

The capital is Ahvaz

Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad Province Iran

The capital is Yasuj

Kordestan Province Iran

The Capital is Sanandaj

Lorestan Province Iran

The capital is Khorramabad

Markazi Province Iran

The capital is Arak

Mazandaran Province Iran

The capital is Sari

North Khorasan Province Iran

The capital is Bojnurd

Qazvin Province Iran

The capital is Qazvin

Qom Province Iran

The capital is Qom

Razavi Khorasan Province Iran

The capital is Mashhad

Semnan Province Iran

The capital is Semnan

Sistan and Baluchestan Province Iran

The capital is Zahedan

South Khorasan Province Iran

The capital is South Khorasan

Tehran Province Iran

The capital is Tehran, and the capital city of Iran

City of Tehran

West Azarbaijan Province Iran

The capital is Orumiyeh

Yazd Province Iran

The capital is Yazd

Zanjan Province Iran

The capital is Zanjan

Samangan Province Iran

The capital is Aibak

Sar-e-pul Province Iran

The capital is Tokzar

Takhar Province Iran

The capital is Taloqan

Vardak or Wardak Province Iran

The capital is Maidan Shahr

Zabul Province Iran

The capital is Qalat

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