Iran, Asia
This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.
Image of Tehran, capital city of Iran
Iran is a West-Asian country with large oil-and-gas reserves, strong scientific research output, and extensive UNESCO-listed cultural sites.
Iran in one word would be “Persepolis,” meaning ancient capital.
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Iran is a country located in the Southern Asia sub‑region of the Asia continent, member of OPEC.
Easy learning about Iran |
The capital city of Iran is Tehran.
| Iran is located in | Southern Asia Asia Continent |
| Member of | OPEC since 1960 |
| Iran has a population of | 90,608,707 inhabitants within a total area of 1,648,000 Km2 (1,024,018 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Iran’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 133 (world rank position) GPI scale of 2.68 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Iran HDI ranks in position nº 75 worldwide HDI of 0.799 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Iran’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 43 countries Iran passport ranks 93rd in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Iran GDP per capita is | $3,897 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Iran ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are illegal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Iran EPI (English Proficiency Index) | is classified as Low Proficiency has a score of 499 ranks 62nd worldwide (2024 data from EPI) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 32° 00' N, 53° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Armenia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey. |
| Iran Climate | mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast |
| Most predominant religion | Muslim (official), |
| Second most predominant religion | other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) |
| Currency name & code | Rial (IRR) |
| Internet ccTLD | .ir |
| Iran calling code | +98 |
Iran administrative divisions
31 provinces (ostanha)
- Alborz,
- Ardabil,
- Azarbayjan-e Gharbi (West Azerbaijan),
- Azarbayjan-e Sharqi (East Azerbaijan),
- Bushehr,
- Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari,
- Esfahan,
- Fars,
- Gilan,
- Golestan,
- Hamadan,
- Hormozgan,
- Ilam,
- Kerman,
- Kermanshah,
- Khorasan-e Jonubi (South Khorasan),
- Khorasan-e Razavi (Razavi Khorasan),
- Khorasan-e Shomali (North Khorasan),
- Khuzestan,
- Kohgiluyeh va Bowyer Ahmad,
- Kordestan,
- Lorestan,
- Markazi,
- Mazandaran,
- Qazvin,
- Qom,
- Semnan,
- Sistan va Baluchestan,
- Tehran,
- Yazd,
- Zanjan
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