IRAN

Overview

Land Area

1,648,195 square kilometers
(631,660 square miles)

Coast Line

3180 kilometers
(1,976 miles)

Population
(July 2003 estimate)

68,278,826

Type of Government

Theocratic Republic

Languages of Iran

Persian, Azari, Kurdish,Luri
Baloch, Arabic, Turkish...

Literacy

79.4%(1992)

Int. Airports

Tehran, Esfahan, Bandar-e Abbas,
Tabriz, Shiraz, Mahabad

Time

+3 1/2 hours CUT
+8 1/2 hours EST