| AREA ................................................ | 1.648.000 
                kmq | 
     
      | POPULATION .................................. | 67.503.205 in. | 
     
      | DENSITY ......................................... | 41,0 in/kmq | 
     
      | CAPITAL .......................................... | Teheran | 
     
      | LANGUAGES .................................... | Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2% | 
     
      | RELIGIONS ...................................... | Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2% | 
     
     | CURRENCY ...................................... | Iranian rial (IRR) | 
    
     | GDP per CAPITA ............................. | 7525 $ (2004) | 
    
     | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,527 (93th place) | 
    
     | LOWEST POINT ............................... | Caspian Sea -28 m | 
    
     | HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Kuh-e Damavand 5671 m | 
    
     | INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed) | 
    
     | INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Islamic Republic | 
    
      | WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .ir | 
    
    | COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +98 |