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Iran is a country in Western Asia that is also known as Persia and is officially known as the Islamic Republic of Iran.
It has a total area of 1,648,195 square kilometres.
Tehran is the country's capital and largest city.
Its official language is Persian.
Its official currency is the Rial (IRR).
Afghanistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, and Iraq are its five land bordering countries.
Iran is the Middle East's second-largest country.
Iran was established on April 1, 1979.
Tehrn (warm slope) is Iran's capital, situated south of the Elburz Mountains.
Iran translates as "Land of the Aryans" in Persian.
The Caspian Sea and the countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan are located north of Iran. East of Iran are Afghanistan and Pakistan. South of Iran are the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. West of Iran are Iraq and Turkey.
Carpets are Iran's second largest export after oil.
In public, Iranian females over the age of nine are required to wear a hijab.
Women are not permitted to wear bathing suits in the presence of men, according to religious rules.
Iran is one of the world's leading producers of pistachios, caviar, and saffron.
Unmarried Iranian men, known as na-mard or 'not-men,' spend their entire lives with their natal family.
Iran is one of the main transit countries for heroin from Southwest Asia to Europe.
Polo games first appeared in Iran in the sixth century BC, primarily as a form of cavalry training.
Iran devotes approximately 4.5% of its GDP to defence.
With its meat and vegetables cooked in a thick sauce, the Iranian dish khoresht is similar to curry.
Iranian weavers purposefully make a mistake on Persian rugs.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is Iran's official name.
Iran is ranked 18th among the world's largest countries.
The Elburz Mountains, also known as the 'Alborz,' run through Iran.
The weather along the Caspian Sea coast is typically cool and rainy. Meanwhile, the country's southern region is relatively hot and dry.
Summers in the country are brutally hot, while winters are equally brutally cold.
Mount Damvand, at 18,605 feet, is the highest peak in Iran's Elburz Mountain range.
Iran is subject to frequent and violent earthquakes.
Iran has eight major rivers, but only the Karun River is navigable by boat - and only for short distances.
Iran controls 10% of the world's oil reserves. Iran's total oil reserves are nearly equal to 125 billion barrels of oil.
Iran has a water supply system known as qanat or kanat.
Iran has one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations. Iran has been the site of settlements and civilizations dating back to 4000 BC.
Iran forbids same-sex marriage but permits sex-change operations.
eBay's founder, Pierre Omidyar, is Iranian.
The largest hand-woven carpet in the world is held by Iran, according to the Guinness World Records. In 2007, the Iran Carpet Company created the world's largest hand-woven carpet for the Abu Dhabi mosque. Its original size is 60,000.81 square feet (5,630 square metres). The record-breaking carpet was made in nine parts and assembled inside the mosque.
Iran has the world's largest refugee population, estimated at one million people.
The US Department of State designated Iran as a human trafficking hotspot.
The Iranian economy is characterised by agriculture, hydrocarbons, and service sectors.
Iran has the world's second largest natural gas reserves and the fourth largest proven crude oil reserves.
Iran is home to the only legal condom manufacturing facility in the Middle East.
Gender inequality is promoted by Islamic law in Iran. Women are not equal to men under this law, either mentally or legally. They also see children as 'male substance merely incubated by the female body.' As a result, in the event of a divorce, a woman would lose all custody of her children.
Iran has been dubbed the "world's nose job capital."
Iran legalises polygamy, allowing men to marry up to four wives.
In Iran, a man could be forced to marry his rape victim regardless of her consent. However, the rapist may divorce the victim immediately following the ceremony. This situation demonstrates that in the country, a divorced woman is considered more marriageable than an unwed girl whose hymen was ruptured.
In Iran, marital rape is not a crime. Iranians typically consider a woman to be her husband's property. Even if there are signs of abuse, a victim's family should at the very least threaten her husband. Nonetheless, it is not a police officer's responsibility.
Iranians call yoghurt 'Persian Milk.'
The Persian cat is one of the world's oldest breeds.
Soccer is Iran's most popular sport.
Iran first competed in the Olympics in 1948.
The International Federation of Association of Football (FIFA) banned the hijab in 2007, effectively disqualifying the country's team.
The Shah-En-Shah monument commemorates the Persian Empire's 25,000th anniversary.
In 2012, Iran's police chief portrayed Google as a spying tool.
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