Iran

Iran, formerly Persia, can be considered part of the or ; indeed the Persian Empire was the dominant Central Asian power for many centuries.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Tehran and Isfahan.

, is the capital city of Iran. A bustling metropolis of 14 million people, it sits at the foot of the towering Alborz mountain range. is a cosmopolitan city, with great museums, parks, restaurants, and warm friendly people.

is a city in central Iran, south of Tehran and is the capital of . Due to its beautiful hand-painted tiling and magnificent public square, it is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

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is the capital of East Azerbaijan province, in the of Iran. It is a modern industrialized Iranian city with signs of civilization dating back 2,500 years.

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lies at the heart of the country, home to major cities and travel destinations like and , the capital , and the holy city of .

is a large section of the country, to the west of Iranian cities like and . Most of the region is co-located with Zagros Mountains starting from Turkey and Iran and ending in Persian Gulf.

is in the extreme northwest of Iran, by the border with the country and former Soviet Republic of .

, also known as Northern Iran, is a beautiful region of Iran along the coast of the Caspian Sea. The forested coastal plains rise up quickly into the Alborz Mountains. The region consists of the three provinces of Gilan, Mazandaran and Golestan.

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is a region in the north-east of Iran. It was a single province until 2004, when it was split into three provinces: North , Razavi and South .

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The of Iran lies along the country's Persian Gulf coast, and consists of the Bushehr and Hormozgan provinces. It is the main center of oil and gas production in Iran.

is the southeasternmost province of Iran, along the country's border with .

Iran

Latitude of center
32.7° or 32° 42′ north
Longitude of center
54.1° or 54° 6′ east
Population
79,900,000
Area
1,648,000 km² (636,296 miles²)
Elevation
1,511 metres (4,957 feet)
Capital
Currency
Rial (IRR)
Phone code
.ir
Internet domain
98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424298311
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
130758
Wiki­data ID
Q794
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Iran” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Џьамтәыла
  • Achinese: Iran
  • Adyghe: Иран
  • Afrikaans: Iran
  • Akan: Iran
  • Albanian: Iran
  • Albanian: Irani
  • Amharic: ኢራን
  • Amharic: ፋርስ
  • Amis: Iran
  • Angika: ईरान
  • Arabic: إيران
  • Arabic: الجمهور الإسلامية الإيرانية
  • Arabic: الجمهورية الإسلامية الإيرانية
  • Arabic: الجمهورية الإسلامية الايرانية
  • Arabic: الجمهورية الإسلامية في إيران
  • Arabic: الجمهورية الاسلامية الايرانية
  • Arabic: الديار الإيرانية
  • Arabic: ايران الأکبر
  • Arabic: ايران
  • Arabic: ایران
  • Arabic: جمهورية إيران الإسلامية
  • Arabic: جمهوريّة إيران الإسلامية
  • Arabic: جمهورية إيران
  • Arabic: جمهوریة إیران الإسلامیة
  • Aragonese: Irán
  • Armenian: Իրան
  • Arpitan: Éran
  • Arpitan: Iran
  • Assamese: ইৰাণ
  • Assamese: ইৰান
  • Asturian: Irán
  • Asturian: República Islámica d’Irán
  • Atayal: Iran
  • Avaric: Иран
  • Awadhi: इरान
  • Azerbaijani: İran İR
  • Azerbaijani: İran İslam Respublikası
  • Azerbaijani: İran
  • Balinese: Iran
  • Bambara: Iraŋ
  • Bashkir: Иран
  • Basque: Iran
  • Batak Mandailing: Iran
  • Bavarian: Iran
  • Belarusian: Іран, Ісламская Рэспубліка
  • Belarusian: Іран
  • Bengali: ইরান
  • Betawi: Iran
  • Bhojpuri: ईरान
  • Bishnupriya: ইরান
  • Bislama: Iran
  • Bosnian: Iran
  • Brahui: Írán
  • Breton: Iran
  • Buginese: Irang
  • Buginese: Paresiya
  • Buginese: ᨄᨑᨛᨔᨗᨐ
  • Buginese: ᨄᨙᨑᨙᨔᨗᨕ
  • Buginese: ᨕᨗᨑ (ᨄᨑᨛᨔᨗᨐ)
  • Buginese: ᨕᨗᨑ
  • Bulgarian: Иран, Ислямска република
  • Bulgarian: Иран
  • Burmese: အီရန်
  • Burmese: အီရန်နိုင်ငံ
  • Catalan: Iran
  • Catalan: República Islàmica de l’Iran
  • Cebuano: Iran
  • Central Bikol: Iran
  • Central Kanuri: Iran
  • Central Kurdish: ئیران
  • Central Kurdish: ئێران
  • Central Kurdish: کۆماری ئیسلامیی ئێران
  • Central Okinawan: イラン
  • Chavacano: Irán
  • Chechen: ГӀажарийчоь
  • Chechen: Иран
  • Cherokee: ᎢᎴᏂ
  • Chinese: Iran
  • Chinese: Yīlǎng
  • Chinese: 伊朗
  • Chinese: 伊朗伊斯蘭共和國
  • Chuvash: Иран
  • Chuvash: Ислам Республики Иран
  • Cornish: Iran
  • Corsican: Iran
  • Corsican: Iranu
  • Corsican: Republica Islamica di l’Iran
  • Corsican: Republica Islamica di l’Iranu
  • Crimean Tatar: Iran
  • Crimean Tatar: İran
  • Croatian: Iran
  • Croatian: Islamska Republika Iran
  • Croatian: Perzija” (historical)
  • Czech: Írán
  • Czech: Íránská islámská republika
  • Czech: Persie
  • Dagbani: Iran
  • Danish: Den Islamiske Republik Iran
  • Danish: Iran
  • Danish: Persien
  • Dhivehi: އީރާން
  • Dimli (individual language): İran
  • Dotyali: इरान
  • Dutch: Iran (Islamitische Republiek)
  • Dutch: Iran
  • Dutch: Islamitische Republiek Iran
  • Dzongkha: ཨི་རཱན་
  • Dzongkha: ཨི་རཱན
  • Eastern Mari: Иран
  • Egyptian Arabic: ايران
  • Erzya: Иран Мастор
  • Esperanto: IR Irano
  • Esperanto: Irano
  • Esperanto: Islama Respubliko Irano
  • Esperanto: Persio
  • Esperanto: Persujo
  • Estonian: Iraan
  • Estonian: Iraani Islamivabariik
  • Estonian: Pärsia
  • Ewe: Iran nutome
  • Extremaduran: Irán
  • Faroese: Iran
  • Fiji Hindi: Iran
  • Fijian: Iran
  • Finnish: Iran
  • French: Iran (République islamique de)
  • French: Iran
  • French: La République Islamique d’Iran
  • French: Perse
  • French: République islamique d’Iran
  • French: République islamique iranienne
  • Fulah: Iraan
  • Fulah: Iran
  • Gagauz: İran
  • Galician: Irán
  • Galician: Persia
  • Galician: República Islámica de Irán
  • Gan Chinese: 伊朗
  • Ganda: Yiraani
  • Georgian: ირანი
  • German: Iran (Islamische Republik)
  • German: Iran
  • German: Islamische Republik Iran
  • German: Persian” (historical)
  • German: Persien” (historical)
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Iran
  • Gilaki: ايران
  • Gilaki: ایران
  • Goan Konkani: Iran
  • Goan Konkani: ईराण
  • Gorontalo: Iran
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽
  • Greek: Ιράν, Ισλαμική Δημοκρατία του
  • Greek: Ιράν
  • Greek: Ισλαμική Δημοκρατία του Ιράν
  • Guarani: Iran
  • Guarani: Irán
  • Guianese Creole French: Iran
  • Gujarati: ઈરાન
  • Haitian: Iran
  • Hakka Chinese: Iran
  • Hakka Chinese: Yî-làn
  • Hausa: Iran
  • Hawaiian: ‘Ilana
  • Hawaiian: ʻIlana
  • Hebrew: איראן
  • Hebrew: אירן
  • Hindi: ईरान
  • Hindi: ईरानी इस्लामिक गणराज्य
  • Hungarian: Irán
  • Hungarian: Iráni Iszlám Köztársaság
  • Hungarian: Perzsia
  • Iban: Iran
  • Icelandic: Íran
  • Ido: Iran
  • Igbo: Iran
  • Iloko: Iran
  • Inari Sami: Iran islamlâš täsiväldi
  • Inari Sami: Iran
  • Indonesian: Iran
  • Indonesian: Republik Islam Iran
  • Ingush: ХIиран
  • Ingush: ХӀиран
  • Interlingua: Iran
  • Interlingue: Iran
  • Inuktitut: ᐃᕌᓐ
  • Irish: an Iaráin
  • Irish: An Iaráin
  • Italian: Iran (Repubblica Islamica)
  • Italian: Iran
  • Italian: Repubblica Islamica dell’Iran
  • Jamaican Creole English: Iran
  • Japanese: イラン・イスラム共和国
  • Japanese: イラン
  • Javanese: Iran
  • Kabardian: Къажэр
  • Kabardian: Къажэрей
  • Kabiyè: Iranɩ
  • Kabyle: Iran
  • Kabyle: Iṛan
  • Kadazan Dusun: Iran
  • Kalaallisut: Iran
  • Kalmyk: Сарта Иранмудин Орн
  • Kannada: ಇರಾನ್
  • Kara-Kalpak: Iran
  • Kara-Kalpak: İran
  • Karachay-Balkar: Иран
  • Kashmiri: ایٖران
  • Kashubian: Iran
  • Kazakh: Иран Ислам Республикасы
  • Kazakh: Иран
  • Kazakh: Парсы елі
  • Khmer: អ៊ីរ៉ង់
  • Kikuyu: Iran
  • Kikuyu: Uajemi
  • Kinyarwanda: Irani
  • Kirghiz: Иран
  • Kölsch: Erahn
  • Kölsch: Iran
  • Komering: Iran
  • Komi-Permyak: Иран
  • Komi: Иран
  • Kongo: Iran
  • Korean: 이란
  • Kotava: Irana
  • Kurdish: Îran
  • Kurdish: Komara Îslamî ya Îranê
  • Ladin: Iran
  • Ladino: Iran
  • Lak: Иран
  • Lak: Ираннал Исламрал Республика
  • Lak: Персия
  • Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດອິດສະລາມອີຫຣ່ານ
  • Lao: ປະເທດອິຫຣ່ານ
  • Lao: ອີຣານ
  • Latin: Irania
  • Latin: Persia
  • Latvian: Irāna
  • Latvian: Irānas Islāma Republika
  • Lezghian: Иран
  • Ligurian: Iran
  • Limburgan: Iraan
  • Limburgan: Iran
  • Lingala: Irâ
  • Lingala: Iran
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Iran
  • Literary Chinese: 伊朗
  • Lithuanian: Iranas
  • Lithuanian: Irano Islamo Respublika
  • Livvi: Iran
  • Lojban: iran
  • Lombard: Iran
  • Low German: Iran
  • Lower Sorbian: Iran
  • Luba-Katanga: Ira
  • Lule Sami: Irádna
  • Lule Sami: Iránna
  • Luxembourgish: Iran
  • Luxembourgish: Islamesch Republik Iran
  • Luxembourgish: Persien
  • Macedo-Romanian: Iran
  • Macedonian: Иран
  • Madurese: Iran
  • Maithili: इरान
  • Maithili: ईरान
  • Malagasy: Iran
  • Malagasy: Iràna
  • Malay: Iran
  • Malay: ايران
  • Malayalam: ഇറാൻ
  • Maltese: Iran
  • Maltese: l-Iran
  • Maltese: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Iran
  • Manchu: ᡳᡵᠠᠨ
  • Manipuri: ꯏꯔꯥꯟ
  • Manx: Yn Eeraan
  • Maori: Īrāna
  • Marathi: इराण
  • Mazanderani: ایران
  • Mazanderani: ایرون
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: الجمهورية الاسلامية الايرانية
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: ايران
  • Min Dong Chinese: Ĭ-lāng
  • Min Dong Chinese: Iran
  • Min Nan Chinese: I-lang
  • Min Nan Chinese: Iran Islam Kiōng-hô-kok
  • Min Nan Chinese: Iran Islam-kàu Kiong-hô-kok
  • Min Nan Chinese: Iran
  • Minangkabau: Iran
  • Mingrelian: ირანი
  • Mingrelian: ირანიშ ისლამურ რესპუბლიკა
  • Mingrelian: სპარსეთი
  • Mirandese: Eiran
  • Moksha: Иран
  • Mongolian: Иран
  • Moroccan Arabic: إيران
  • Mossi: Iran
  • N'Ko: ߌߙߊ߲߫ ߖߘߍ߬ߞߟߏ߬ߟߊ ߞߊ߲ߓߍ߲
  • N'Ko: ߌߙߊ߲߫
  • Nauru: Iran
  • Navajo: Tsiikʼi Déíbaalí Bikéyah
  • Neapolitan: Iran
  • Nepali: इरान
  • Newari: इरान
  • North Ndebele: Iran
  • Northern Frisian: Iraan
  • Northern Luri: ئیران
  • Northern Sami: Iran islamalaš dásseváld
  • Northern Sami: Iran islamlaš dásseváldi
  • Northern Sami: Iran
  • Northern Sami: Irana islamalaš dásseváld
  • Northern Sami: Irana islamlaš dásseváldi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Den islamske republikk Iran
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Iran (Den islamske republikken)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Iran
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Iran
  • Norwegian: Iran
  • Novial: Iran
  • Nyanja: Iran
  • Occitan (post 1500): Iran
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܝܪܐܢ
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܝܪܢ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Persealand
  • Oriya: ଇରାନ
  • Oromo: Iraan
  • Ossetian: Иран
  • Ossetian: Перс
  • Pali: ईरान
  • Pampanga: Iran
  • Pampanga: Íran
  • Pangasinan: Iran
  • Panjabi: ਇਰਾਨ
  • Panjabi: ਈਰਾਨ
  • Papiamento: Iran
  • Pedi: Iran
  • Pennsylvania German: Iraen
  • Persian: ایران
  • Persian: ایران‌زمین
  • Persian: پارس
  • Persian: جُمهورئ اِسلامئ ايران
  • Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ایران
  • Persian: كِشوَرِ شاهَنشاهئ ايران
  • Picard: Iran
  • Piemontese: Iran
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Eraan
  • Polish: Iran
  • Portuguese: Irã
  • Portuguese: Irão
  • Portuguese: República Islâmica do Irã
  • Portuguese: República Islâmica do Irão
  • Pushto: ايران
  • Pushto: ایران
  • Quechua: Iran
  • Quechua: Irán
  • Romanian: Iran (Republica islamică)
  • Romanian: Iran
  • Romansh: Iran
  • Rundi: Irani
  • Russia Buriat: Иран
  • Russian: Иран
  • Russian: ИРИ
  • Russian: Исламская Республика Иран
  • Russian: Персия
  • Rusyn: Іран
  • Sakizaya: Iran
  • Samoan: Iran
  • Samogitian: Irans
  • Sango: Iräan
  • Sango: Iran
  • Sanskrit: ईरान
  • Sanskrit: पारस
  • Santali: ᱤᱨᱟᱱ
  • Saraiki: ایران
  • Sardinian: Iran
  • Sardinian: Repùblica Islamica de s’Iran
  • Sardinian: Repùbrica Islamica de s’Iran
  • Saterfriesisch: Iran
  • Saterfriesisch: Iroan
  • Scots: Iran
  • Scots: Islamic Republic o Iran
  • Scots: Persie
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ioràn
  • Serbian: Iran
  • Serbian: Иран
  • Serbo-Croatian: Iran
  • Serbo-Croatian: Islamska Republika Iran
  • Serbo-Croatian: Persija
  • Serbo-Croatian: Perzija
  • Shan: မိူင်းဢီႇရၢၼ်း
  • Shona: Iran
  • Shona: Irani
  • Sicilian: Iran
  • Silesian: Iran
  • Sindhi: اسلامي جمھوريہ ايران
  • Sindhi: ايران
  • Sindhi: فارس
  • Sinhala: ඉරානය
  • Skolt Sami: Iraan islaamlaž tääʹssväʹldd
  • Skolt Sami: Iraan
  • Slovak: Irán
  • Slovak: Iránska islamská republika
  • Slovenian: Iran
  • Slovenian: Islamska republika Iran
  • Slovenian: Perzija
  • Somali: Iiraan
  • South Azerbaijani: ایران
  • Southern Sotho: Iran
  • Spanish: Irán (República Islámica)
  • Spanish: Iran
  • Spanish: Irán
  • Spanish: Persia
  • Spanish: Republica Islamica de Iran
  • Spanish: República Islámica de Irán
  • Sranan Tongo: Iran
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵉⵔⴰⵏ
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵉⵕⴰⵏ
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵜⴰⵏⵙⵍⵎⵜ ⵏ ⵉⵕⴰⵏ
  • Sundanese: Iran
  • Swahili: Iran
  • Swahili: Irani
  • Swahili: Uajemi
  • Swati: I-Irani
  • Swedish: Iran
  • Swedish: Islamiska republiken Iran
  • Swiss German: Iran
  • Sylheti: ꠁꠞꠣꠘ
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠞꠂꠡ꠆ꠡ
  • Tachelhit: Iran
  • Tagalog: Iran
  • Tajik: Ирон
  • Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Исломии Эрон
  • Tajik: Эрон
  • Talysh: Iron
  • Tamil: ஈரான்
  • Taroko: Iran
  • Tatar: Иран
  • Telugu: ఇరాన్ ఇస్లామిక్ రిపబ్లిక్
  • Telugu: ఇరాన్
  • Telugu: పర్షియా
  • Tetum: Iraun
  • Thai: ประเทศอิหร่าน
  • Thai: สาธารณรัฐอิสลามอิหร่าน
  • Thai: อิหร่าน
  • Tibetan: ཡི་ལང་།
  • Tibetan: ཨི་རཱན།
  • Tigrinya: ኢራን
  • Tok Pisin: Iran
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻIlaani
  • Tosk Albanian: Iran
  • Tsonga: Iran
  • Tulu: ಇರಾನ್
  • Tumbuka: Iran
  • Tunisian Arabic: إيران
  • Turkish: Eron Islom Respublikasi
  • Turkish: İran
  • Turkmen: Eýran
  • Tuvinian: Ирaн
  • Tuvinian: Иран
  • Twi: Iran
  • Tyap: Iran
  • Tyap: Pari̱siya
  • Tyap: Ri̱pobi̱lik Kpaa̱pyia̱ Iran
  • Tyap: RKI
  • Udmurt: Иран
  • Uighur: ئىران
  • Ukrainian: Джомгурі-йе Еслɒмі-йє Ірɒн
  • Ukrainian: Іран, Ісламська Республіка
  • Ukrainian: Іран
  • Ukrainian: Ісламська Республіка Іран
  • Ukrainian: Персія
  • Upper Sorbian: Iran
  • Urdu: ایران
  • Uzbek: Eron Islom Respublikasi
  • Uzbek: Eron
  • Uzbek: Fors
  • Venetian: Iran
  • Veps: Iran
  • Veps: Iranan Islamine Tazovaldkund
  • Veps: Persii
  • Vietnamese: Ba Tư
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hoà Hồi giáo Iran
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Hồi giáo Iran
  • Vietnamese: I-ran
  • Vietnamese: Iran
  • Vlaams: Iran
  • Vlax Romani: Iran
  • Volapük: Lirän
  • Võro: Iraan
  • Walloon: Iran
  • Waray (Philippines): Iran
  • Welsh: Gweriniaeth Islamaidd Iran
  • Welsh: Iran
  • Welsh: Irán
  • Welsh: Persia
  • Western Armenian: Իրան
  • Western Balochi: ایران
  • Western Frisian: Iran
  • Western Mari: Иран
  • Western Panjabi: ایران
  • Wolof: Iraan
  • Wolof: Iraŋ
  • Wu Chinese: 伊朗
  • Xhosa: IIran
  • Yakut: Ираан
  • Yiddish: איראן
  • Yiddish: איראַן
  • Yoruba: Irani
  • Yoruba: Ìránì
  • Yue Chinese: 伊朗
  • Zeeuws: Iran
  • Zhuang: Iran
  • Zulu: i-Iran
  • Zulu: I-Irani
  • IR
  • Iraan
  • Iran
  • Iràn
  • Irans
  • IRN
  • ma Ilan
  • ईरान

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