Outline of Iran

An enlargeable map of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Iran:

Iran – sovereign country located in Southwest Asia and the Middle East.^[1] Iran is bound by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south and the Caspian Sea to its north. Shi'a Islam is the official religion, and Persian is the official language.^[2] The 18th largest country in the world in terms of area at 1,648,195 square kilometres (636,372 sq mi), Iran has a population of over seventy million. Iran is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with historical and urban settlements dating back to 4000 BC.^[3]^[4]^[5] Throughout history, Iran has been of geostrategic importance because of its central location in Eurasia and is a regional power.^[6]^[7] The political system of Iran, based on the 1979 Constitution, comprises several intricately connected governing bodies. The highest state authority is the Supreme Leader, currently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

General reference

Pronunciation:
Common English country name: Iran, archaic Persia
Official English country name: The Islamic Republic of Iran
Common endonym(s):
Official endonym(s):
Adjectival(s): Iranian
Demonym(s):
Etymology: Name of Iran
International rankings of Iran
- 18th largest country
- 17th most populous country
ISO country codes: IR, IRN, 364
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:IR
Internet country code top-level domain: .ir

Geography of Iran

Iran is: a country
Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
  - Asia
    - Southwest Asia
  - Middle East
    - Iranian plateau
    - Armenian highlands^[8]
- Caucasus (partly)
- Time zone: Iran Standard Time UTC+03:30, Iran Daylight Time UTC+04:30
- Extreme points of Iran
  - High: Damavand 5,610 m (18,406 ft)
  - Low: Caspian Sea −28 m (−92 ft)
- Land boundaries: 5,440 km

Iraq 1,458 km

Turkmenistan 992 km

Afghanistan 936 km

Pakistan 909 km

Azerbaijan 611 km

Turkey 499 km

Armenia 35 km

Coastline: 2,440 km^[9]

Population of Iran: 70,049,262 people (2006 estimate) - 17th most populous country
Area of Iran: 1,648,195 km² (636,372 sq mi) - 18th largest country
Atlas of Iran

Environment of Iran

Natural geographic features of Iran

Regions of Iran

Ecoregions of Iran

Main article: Ecoregions in Iran

Administrative divisions of Iran

Provinces of Iran
- Counties of Iran
  - Municipalities of Iran

Provinces of Iran

Counties of Iran

Municipalities of Iran

Cities of Iran
- Capital of Iran: Tehran

Demography of Iran

Demographics of Iran

Government and politics of Iran

Politics of Iran

Branches of the government of Iran

Executive branch of the government of Iran

Assembly of Experts
- Elects the Supreme Leader
- Has the constitutional authority to remove the Supreme Leader from power at any time
- Supervises the Supreme Leader in the performance of legal duties
Head of state: Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei
Head of government: President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani
Vice President of Iran - anyone appointed by the President to lead an organization related to Presidential affairs. There are currently 10 Vice Presidents in Iran:
1. First Vice President, Eshaq Jahangiri
2. Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi
3. Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization, Masoumeh Ebtekar
4. Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization, Mohammad Bagher Nobakht
5. Vice President for Executive Affairs, Mohammad Shariatmadari
6. Vice President for Science and Technology and Head of Iran's National Elites Foundation, Sorena Sattari
7. Vice President for Legal Affairs, Elham Aminzadeh
8. Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs, Majid Ansari
9. Vice President for International Affairs, Akbar Torkan
10. Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs, Mohammad-Ali Shahidi
11. Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization, Mohammad-Ali Najafi
12. Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi
Council of Ministers of Iran

Legislative branch of the government of Iran

Majlis of Iran (unicameral parliament)
- drafts legislation
- ratifies international treaties
- approves the national budget
Guardian Council
- 12 members
  - 6 appointed by the Supreme Leader
  - 6 elected by the Majlis
- Powers and responsibilities:
  - Supervises elections
  - Approves or rejects candidates for President, Majlis, and the Assembly of Experts
  - Reviews all bills passed by the Majlis for constitutionality and compatibility with Islamic law, and approves or vetos them
Expediency Discernment Council
- Appointed by Supreme Leader
- Main purpose is to mediate disputes between the Majlis and the Council of Guardians
- Also serves as an advisory board to the Supreme Leader

Judicial branch of the government of Iran

Supreme Court of Iran
Special Clerical Court - for trying Muslim clerics, and accountable only to the Supreme Leader

Foreign relations of Iran

International organization membership

The Islamic Republic of Iran is a member of:^[1]

Colombo Plan (CP)
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Group of 15 (G15)
Group of 24 (G24)
Group of 77 (G77)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) (observer)
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (observer)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

History of Iran

Main article: History of Iran, Timeline of the history of Iran, and Current events of Iran

Classic 4-mirrors **Chahar-Ai-Ne** (Persian چهاﺮآﻳنه)

Iran hostage crisis
History of fundamentalist Islam in Iran
Military history of Iran
- Iran–Iraq War
Timeline of the Iranian Islamic revolution
Chahar-Ai-Ne (Persian چهاﺮآﻳنه )
Plated mail

History of Iran, by period

Pre-Islam Iranian history

Post-Islam Iranian history

Pahlavi and contemporary history of Iran

History of Iran, by subject

Culture of Iran

Art in Iran

Sports in Iran

Football in Iran

Economy and infrastructure of Iran

Economy of Iran

Education in Iran

References

^ ^a ^b "Iran". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 15, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
^ قانون اساسی جمهوری اسلامی ایران (in Persian). Retrieved 23 January 2008.
^ Xinhua, "New evidence: modern civilization began in Iran", 10 August 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007
^ Iran Daily, "Panorama", 3 March 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007 Archived January 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Iranian.ws, "Archaeologists: Modern civilization began in Iran based on new evidence", 12 August 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007 Archived June 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ parliament.uk, "Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Eighth Report, Iran, retrieved 1 October 2007
^ IRAN @ 2000 and Beyond lecture series, opening address, W. Herbert Hunt, 18 May 2000, retrieved 1 October 2007
^ "Armenian Highland". Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ Iran also borders the Caspian Sea, a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Iran

The President of Iran
Iran Electoral Archive
The Majlis (Legislature) of Iran Template:Fa icon
Iran.ir
Persian language (Persian)
Wikimedia Atlas of Iran
Iran travel guide from Wikivoyage
Template:Dmoz
First Iranians: Reference Articles on Iran By Manouchehr Saadat Noury
Iranian Innovations
Faces of Iran: The World in One Nation (a sequence of still photographs, showing the richness of the ethnic and religious diversity of the people of Iran), YouTube.
Rageh Inside Iran, a BBC Four production, 17 February 2007,
Farhad Nabipour, From Persia to Iran, Part I, AMIR Productions, 4 November 2006 (slide show accompanied with Pink Floyd and Persian music — 28 min 8 sec), Google. Highly recommended!
Farhad Nabipour, From Persia to Iran, Part II, AMIR Productions, 10 November 2006 (slide show accompanied with Pink Floyd and Persian music — 21 min 46 sec), Google.
Some Iranian folk-songs sung by Shusha Guppy in the 1970s:
Silver Gun (from Shiraz), Wheat Flower (a harvest song), The Rain (from the Gilan Province), The Stars in Heaven (from Shiraz), On Top of the Hill (from Shiraz), The Silken Handkerchief (from the Fars Province), Darling Leila (from the Gilan Province), I Have Come to Ravish My Heart (from the Lorestan Province), The Lor Youth (a Bakhtiari-Tribe song), Lullaby (from Gorgan), Girl from Boyer-Ahmadi Tribe (from the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province), My Beloved is Short (from the Fars Province), The Water Pipe, You Must Come to Me (from Mamasani County), Darling Dareyne (from the Mazandaran Province).
For further details see: Iranian.
Nir Rosen, Selling the War with Iran, The Washington Note, Thursday, May 1, 2008, [1].
The Second International Festival of Peace Poetry, Iran, 16 May 2009: (English), (Persian).

[CIA_World_Factbook-1] "Iran". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 15, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.

[2] قانون اساسی جمهوری اسلامی ایران (in Persian). Retrieved 23 January 2008.

[xinhuaciv-3] Xinhua, "New evidence: modern civilization began in Iran", 10 August 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007

[iran-daily-4] Iran Daily, "Panorama", 3 March 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007 Archived January 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[iranian.ws-5] Iranian.ws, "Archaeologists: Modern civilization began in Iran based on new evidence", 12 August 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007 Archived June 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[parliament-6] rliament.uk, "Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Eighth Report, Iran, retrieved 1 October 2007

[petro-hunt-7] IRAN @ 2000 and Beyond lecture series, opening address, W. Herbert Hunt, 18 May 2000, retrieved 1 October 2007

[8] "Armenian Highland". Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[Paratethys-9] Iran also borders the Caspian Sea, a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea.

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