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Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west; Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest; the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast; Afghanistan to the east; Pakistan to the southeast; and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a population of over 92 million, Iran ranks 17th globally in both geographic size and population. It is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's capital and largest city and serves as its primary economic center. Home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, the territory of present-day Iran was first unified under the Medes in the 7th century BC and reached its territorial height in the 6th century BC, when Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire. Alexander the Great conquered…

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Iran

FCDO travel advice for Iran. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

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Official source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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Iran

Capital: Tehran
Language: Persian
Currency: Iranian rial
Time zone: UTC+03:30
Calling code: +98
Internet domain: .ir
Driving side: right
Plug type: Europlug
Voltage: 220

Source: Wikidata.

CapitalTehran

Population81,800,269

CurrencyIRR

Languagesfa-IR,ku

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◎Tehran7,153,309 residents ◎Mashhad2,307,177 residents ◎Isfahan1,547,164 residents ◎Karaj1,448,075 residents ◎Tabriz1,424,641 residents ◎Shiraz1,249,942 residents ◎Qom900,000 residents ◎Ahvaz841,145 residents ◎Kermanshah621,100 residents ◎Rasht594,590 residents ◎Kerman577,514 residents ◎Orūmīyeh577,307 residents ◎Zahedan551,980 residents ◎Hamadān528,256 residents ◎Arāk503,647 residents ◎Yazd477,905 residents ◎Eslamshahr450,000 residents ◎Ardabīl410,753 residents ◎Zanjan357,471 residents ◎Bandar Abbas352,173 residents ◎Sanandaj349,176 residents ◎Qazvin333,635 residents ◎Khorramshahr330,606 residents ◎Khorramabad329,825 residents ◎Shahrīār309,607 residents ◎Qods309,605 residents ◎Kashan304,487 residents ◎Kāshān304,487 residents ◎Khomeynī Shahr277,334 residents ◎Dezful264,709 residents ◎Marāgheh262,604 residents ◎Marāgheh262,604 residents ◎Sari255,396 residents ◎Borūjerd251,958 residents ◎Qarchak251,834 residents ◎Gorgān244,937 residents ◎Sabzevar243,700 residents ◎Golestān240,000 residents ◎Āmol237,528 residents ◎Pākdasht236,319 residents ◎Najafābād235,281 residents ◎Abadan231,476 residents ◎Varāmīn225,628 residents ◎Neyshābūr220,929 residents ◎Sāveh220,762 residents ◎Naz̧arābād213,388 residents ◎Qā’em Shahr204,953 residents ◎Bābol202,796 residents ◎Nasīm Shahr200,393 residents ◎Nasimshahr200,393 residents ◎Sirjan199,704 residents ◎Khūy198,845 residents ◎Bīrjand196,982 residents ◎Būkān193,501 residents ◎Bojnūrd192,041 residents ◎Fardīs181,174 residents ◎Shāhīn Shahr173,329 residents ◎Malāyer170,237 residents ◎Piranshahr168,393 residents ◎Mahābād168,393 residents ◎Bushehr165,377 residents ◎Saqqez165,258 residents ◎Shahrud165,000 residents ◎Bandar-e Māhshahr162,797 residents ◎Gonbad-e Kāvūs151,910 residents ◎Marvdasht148,858 residents ◎Rafsanjān147,680 residents ◎Kamālshahr141,669 residents ◎Jahrom141,634 residents ◎Īlām140,940 residents ◎Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh140,019 residents ◎Marīvān136,654 residents ◎Andīmeshk135,116 residents ◎Shahreẕā134,952 residents ◎Mīāndoāb134,425 residents ◎Kāshmar131,517 residents ◎Iranshahr131,232 residents ◎Jīroft130,429 residents ◎Shahr-e Kord129,153 residents ◎Semnan124,826 residents ◎Marand124,191 residents ◎Behbahān122,604 residents ◎Shahr-e Ṣadrā122,226 residents ◎Zābol121,989 residents ◎Dorūd121,638 residents ◎Moḩammad Shahr119,418 residents ◎Īz̄eh119,399 residents ◎Bandar-e Anzalī118,564 residents ◎Shahre Jadide Andisheh116,062 residents ◎Andīsheh116,062 residents ◎Pardīs114,249 residents ◎Kāzerūn112,360 residents ◎Qūchān111,752 residents ◎Borāzjān110,567 residents ◎Bāneh110,218 residents ◎Chālūs107,490 residents ◎Bahārestān106,433 residents ◎Mīāneh106,291 residents ◎Robāţ Karīm105,393 residents ◎Pārsābād102,996 residents

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