Iran
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Revision as of 12:36, 9 September 2007
| جمهوری اسلامی ايران Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān Islamic Republic of Iran | |
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| Flag | Emblem |
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| Motto "Esteqlāl, āzādī, jomhūrī-ye eslāmī" (Persian) "Independence, freedom, Islamic Republic" | |
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| Anthem Sorūd-e Mellī-e Īrān | |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Tehran 35°41′N, 51°25′E |
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| Official languages | Persian |
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| Demonym | Iranian |
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| Government - Supreme Leader - President | Islamic republic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
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| Establishment - Unified by Cyrus the Great - Parthian empire - Sassanid empire - Safavid dynasty - First Constitution - Iranian Revolution | 559 BCE 248 BCE-224 CE 224-651 CE May 1502 1906 1979 |
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| Area - Total - Water (%) | 1,648,195 km² 636,372 sq mi 0.7 |
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| Population - 2006 census - Density | 70,472,846 42 /km² 109 /sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) - Total - Per capita | 2006 estimate $735 billion $10,494 |
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| GDP (nominal) - Total - Per capita | 2005 estimate $212.4 billion $3,046 |
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| Gini (1998) | 43.0 (medium) |
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| HDI |  0.746 (medium)
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| Currency | Iranian rial (ريال) (IRR)
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| Time zone - Summer (DST) | IRST (UTC +3:30) not observed (UTC +3:30) |
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| Internet TLD | .ir |
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| Calling code | +98 |
