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Also Known As Islamic Republic of Iran
Southern Asia

Iran 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. Its capital and largest city is Tehran. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Tehran 2
Population
92,417,681 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 2
Area (sq km)
1,648,195 2
Classification
Sovereignty Status
UN Member State 1
Iran

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Fars Province, States or Territories

Fars Province is a province of Iran.

Source Fars Province (Wikipedia)
Isfahan, Cities
Source Isfahan (Wikipedia)

Isfahan Province is a province of Iran.

Source Isfahan Province (Wikipedia)
Mashhad, Cities
Source Mashhad (Wikipedia)

Razavi Khorasan Province is a province of Iran.

Source Razavi Khorasan Province (Wikipedia)
Shiraz, Cities
Source Shiraz (Wikipedia)
Tabriz, Cities
Source Wikipedia: Tabriz
Tehran, Cities

Tehran is Iran's capital.

Source Tehran (Wikipedia)

Tehran Province is a province of Iran.

Source Tehran Province (Wikipedia)

Bordered By Water

Source Caspian Sea (Wikipedia)
Source Persian Gulf (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Tehran, Cities

Tehran is Iran's capital.

Source Tehran (Wikipedia)

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Hossein Rezazadeh (Persian: حسین رضازاده; born 12 May 1978) is an Iranian politician and retired weightlifter.

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Source Wikidata: Mansour Matloubi

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Source The Iron Sheik (Wikipedia)Lead [plays]
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was an Iranian-American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor

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Source Wikipedia: Taste of CherryLead sentence 1
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Taste of Cherry (Persian: طعم گیلاس..., Ta’m-e gīlās...) is a 1997 Iranian minimalist drama film written, produced, edited, and directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and starring Homayoun Ershadi as a middle-aged Tehran man who drives through a city suburb in search of someone willing to carry out the task of burying him after he commits suicide.

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Close-Up (Persian: کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک, Klūzāp, nemā-ye nazdīk) is a 1990 Iranian docufiction written, directed and edited by Abbas Kiarostami.

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Source Wikipedia: The Cow (1969 film)Lead sentence 1
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The Cow (Persian: گاو, Gāv, Gaav, or Gav) is a 1969 Iranian film directed by Dariush Mehrjui, written by Gholam-Hossein Saedi based on his own short story, and starring Ezzatolah Entezami as Masht Hassan.

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Source CooksInfo: AsafoetidaEncyclopaedia entry text
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Asafoetida is native to Afghanistan and Iran.

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Source Pistachio (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
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The pistachio tree is native to Iran and Central Asia.

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Source Cooks Info: SpeltHistory notes
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The majority of the evidence points to its originating in what is now Iran.

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Source Shah Mosque (Isfahan) (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 3
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The Shah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شاه, lit. 'Masjed-e Shah'), also officially known as the Imam Mosque or Imam Khomeini Mosque, is a mosque located on the south side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, in the province of Isfahan, Iran.

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Source Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque (Wikipedia)

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Source Wikipedia: SusaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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Susa ( SOO-sə) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about 250 km (160 mi) east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran.

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Source Anubanini rock relief (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1
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The Anubanini petroglyph (Persian: سنگ‌نگاره آنوبانی‌نی), also called Sar-e Pol-e Zohab II or Sarpol-i Zohab relief, is a rock relief from the Akkad period (circa 2300 BC) or the Isin-Larsa period (early second millennium BC) located in Kermanshah province, Iran.

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It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros Mountains, in Fars province of Iran.

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Source Wikidata: Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company

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Source Mehr News Agency, WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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It is headquartered in Tehran, and is owned by the Iranian government's Islamic Development Organization (IIDO).

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Source National Iranian Oil Company - WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC; Persian: شرکت ملّی نفت ایران, romanized: Sherkat-e Melli-ye Naft-e Irān) is a government-owned national oil and natural gas producer and distributor under the direction of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran.

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Source Wikipedia: Tasnim News AgencyLead sentence 1
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Tasnim News Agency (Persian: خبرگزاری تسنیم) is a semi-official news agency in Iran associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

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Source Wikipedia: Tehran TimesLead sentence 1
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The Tehran Times is an English-language daily newspaper published in Iran, founded in 1979 as a "voice of the Islamic Revolution".

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Source Wikipedia: Godrej Sidhwalead paragraphtier 2
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Sidhwa lectured on Zoroastrian Theology in India, Pakistan, Iran, Canada, Britain, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Source Tahirih (Wikipedia)lead paragraph
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Táhirih (Ṭāhira) (Persian: طاهره, "The Pure One," also called Qurrat al-ʿAyn (Arabic: قرة العين "Solace/Consolation of the Eyes") are both titles of Fatimah Baraghani/Umm-i Salmih (1814 or 1817 – August 16–27, 1852), an influential poet, women's rights activist and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran.

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Source Islamic Republic Development Bank (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
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The Islamic Republic Development Bank is an Iranian government bank that is to be managed by the Central Bank of Iran.

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Source University of Tehran (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
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The University of Tehran (UT) (Persian: دانشگاه تهران, Dâneshgâh-e Tehrân) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran.

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Source Iranian Space Research Center, WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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The Iranian Space Research Center (ISRC, Persian: پژوهشگاه فضایی ایران, romanized: Pazhoheshgah e Fazái e Irán) is a research center and institute established by Iran's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology in 2000 to perform research in the field of space and manufacture Iranian civil satellites and space rockets.

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Source EPPO Global Database: Anthonomus pomorum (ANTHPO) - DistributionDistribution
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Iran, Islamic Republic of Present, no details

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Source Wikipedia: Emmer, WikipediaArticle text
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Wild emmer is native to the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East, growing in the grass and woodland of hill country from modern-day Israel to Iran.

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Iran, Islamic Republic of Present, no details

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Source Geology.com: Turquoise gemstone and mineralArticle text
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the famous high-quality material mined in the area that is now known as Iran

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Source Wikidata: Constitution of Iran

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Source Wikidata: Islamic Penal Code of Iran

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1. Member States of the United Nations (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction
Quote, Introduction
The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization.
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2. Iran (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox
    Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Infobox, capital
    Tehran is the nation's capital and largest city
  • Infobox, area
    1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi)
  • Infobox: population_estimate
    92,417,681
  • Lead section
    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.
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Wikidata: Iran
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Persian Gulf (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationBordered By Water: The Persian Gulf, Article text
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Countries with a coastline on the Persian Gulf are (clockwise, from north): Iran; Oman's Musandam exclave; the United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia; Qatar, on a peninsula off the Saudi coast; Bahrain, an island nation; Kuwait; and Iraq in the northwest.
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Caspian Sea (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationBordered By Water: The Caspian Sea, Lead section
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It is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast, Russia to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the southwest, Iran to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southeast.
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Tehran (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Associated With: Tehran, Lead section
  • Has Capital: Tehran, Lead section, capital fact
    Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran.
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Isfahan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Isfahan, Infobox, Country
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iran
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Mashhad (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Mashhad, Infobox, Country
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iran
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Shiraz (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Shiraz, Infobox, Country
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iran
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Wikipedia: Tabriz
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Tabriz, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: Tabriz, Lead section
Tabriz (Persian: تبریز, romanized: tabriz, pronounced [tæbˈɾiːz] ) is a city in the Central District of Tabriz County, in East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran.
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Wikidata: Golestan National Park
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Wikidata: Lavizan Forest Park
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Isfahan Province (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: Isfahan Province, Lead paragraph
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استان اصفهان) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.
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Fars Province (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: Fars Province, Lead paragraph
Quote, Encompasses: Fars Province, Lead paragraph
Farsistan, and Persis, is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.
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Razavi Khorasan Province (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: Razavi Khorasan Province, Lead paragraph
Quote, Encompasses: Razavi Khorasan Province, Lead paragraph
خراسان رضوی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran,
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Tehran Province (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: Tehran Province, Lead paragraph
Quote, Encompasses: Tehran Province, Lead paragraph
Ostān-e Tehrān) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.
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