Outline Of Iran

Iran – sovereign country located in Southwest Asia and the Middle East. 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. Iran's population is about 83,500,000; and is the 18th largest country in the world in terms of area at 1,648,195 square kilometres (636,372 sq mi). Iran is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with historical and urban settlements dating back to 4000 BC. Throughout history, Iran has been of geostrategic importance because of its central location in Eurasia and is a regional power. 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
- 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 950 km

Pakistan 950 km

Azerbaijan 611 km

Turkey 499 km

Armenia 35 km

Coastline: 2,440 km

Population of Iran: 79,966,230 people (2017 estimate) - 18th most populous country
Area of Iran: 1,648,195 km² (636,372 sq mi) - 18th largest country
Atlas of Iran

Environment of Iran

Climate of Iran
Environmental issues in Iran
Renewable energy in Iran
Geology of Iran
- List of earthquakes in Iran
Protected areas of Iran
- Biosphere reserves in Iran
- National parks of Iran
Wildlife of Iran
- Fauna of Iran
  - Birds of Iran
  - Mammals of Iran

Natural geographic features of Iran

Regions of Iran

Ecoregions of Iran

List of 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

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, Ebrahim Raisi
Vice President of Iran - anyone appointed by the President to lead an organization related to presidential affairs. There are currently 11 Vice Presidents in Iran:
1. First Vice President, Mohammad Mokhber
2. Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami
3. Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization, Ali Salajegheh
4. Vice President and Head of Plan and Budget Organization, Davoud Manzour
5. Vice President and Head of Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization, Meysam Latifi
6. Vice President for Executive Affairs, Mohsen Mansouri
7. Vice President for Science and Technology and Head of Iran's National Elites Foundation, Ruhollah Dehghani Firouz Abadi
8. Vice President for Legal Affairs, Mohammad Dehghan
9. Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs, Mohammad Hosseini
10. Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs, Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi
11. Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Ensieh Khazali
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 vetoes 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

Judicial system of Iran

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

Foreign relations of Iran

History of Iran

Timeline of the history of Iran
Current events of Iran

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

Economy and infrastructure of Iran

Education in Iran

References

External links

Wiki Atlas of Iran

The President of Iran
Iran Electoral Archive
The Majlis (Legislature) of Iran Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian)
Iran.ir
Persian language (Persian)
Wiki Atlas of Iran
Iran travel guide from Wikivoyage
Outline of Iran at Curlie
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).

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