Outline of Iran

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Iran:

Iran – sovereign country located in Southwest Asia and the Middle East.^[1] Iran is bound by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south and the Caspian Sea to its north. Shi'a Islam is the official religion, and Persian is the official language.^[2] Iran's population is about 83,500,000;^[3] and is the 18th largest country in the world in terms of area at 1,648,195 square kilometres (636,372 sq mi). Iran is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with historical and urban settlements dating back to 4000 BC.^[4]^[5]^[6] Throughout history, Iran has been of geostrategic importance because of its central location in Eurasia and is a regional power.^[7]^[8] The political system of Iran, based on the 1979 Constitution, comprises several intricately connected governing bodies. The highest state authority is the Supreme Leader, currently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Pronunciation:
Common English country name: Iran, archaic Persia
Official English country name: The Islamic Republic of Iran
Common endonym(s):
Official endonym(s):
Adjectival(s): Iranian
Demonym(s):
Etymology: Name of Iran
International rankings of Iran
- 18th largest country
- 17th most populous country
ISO country codes: IR, IRN, 364
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:IR
Internet country code top-level domain: .ir

Geography of Iran

Iran is: a country
Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
  - Asia
    - Southwest Asia
  - Middle East
    - Iranian plateau
    - Armenian highlands^[9]
- Caucasus (partly)
- Time zone: Iran Standard Time UTC+03:30, Iran Daylight Time UTC+04:30
- Extreme points of Iran
  - High: Damavand 5,610 m (18,406 ft)
  - Low: Caspian Sea −28 m (−92 ft)
- Land boundaries: 5,440 km

Iraq 1,458 km

Turkmenistan 992 km

Afghanistan 950 km

Pakistan 950 km

Azerbaijan 611 km

Turkey 499 km

Armenia 35 km

Coastline: 2,440 km^[10]

Population of Iran: 79,966,230 people (2017 estimate) - 18th most populous country
Area of Iran: 1,648,195 km² (636,372 sq mi) - 18th largest country
Atlas of Iran

Environment of Iran

Climate of Iran
Environmental issues in Iran
Renewable energy in Iran
Geology of Iran
- List of earthquakes in Iran
Protected areas of Iran
- Biosphere reserves in Iran
- National parks of Iran
Wildlife of Iran
- Fauna of Iran
  - Birds of Iran
  - Mammals of Iran

Natural geographic features of Iran

Regions of Iran

Ecoregions of Iran

List of ecoregions in Iran

Administrative divisions of Iran

Provinces of Iran
- Counties of Iran
  - Municipalities of Iran

Provinces of Iran

Counties of Iran

Legislative branch of the government of Iran

Majlis of Iran (unicameral parliament)
- drafts legislation
- ratifies international treaties
- approves the national budget
Guardian Council
- 12 members
  - 6 appointed by the Supreme Leader
  - 6 elected by the Majlis
- Powers and responsibilities:
  - Supervises elections
  - Approves or rejects candidates for president, Majlis, and the Assembly of Experts
  - Reviews all bills passed by the Majlis for constitutionality and compatibility with Islamic law, and approves or vetoes them
Expediency Discernment Council
- Appointed by Supreme Leader
- Main purpose is to mediate disputes between the Majlis and the Council of Guardians
- Also serves as an advisory board to the Supreme Leader

Judicial branch of the government of Iran

Judicial system of Iran

Supreme Court of Iran
Special Clerical Court - for trying Muslim clerics, and accountable only to the Supreme Leader

Foreign relations of Iran

International organization membership

International organization membership of Iran The Islamic Republic of Iran is a member of:^[1]

BRICS
Colombo Plan (CP)
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Group of 15 (G15)
Group of 24 (G24)
Group of 77 (G77)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (observer)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

Law and order in Iran

Law of Iran

Capital punishment in Iran
Constitution of Iran
Crime in Iran
Human rights in Iran (1925–1979)
- Human rights in the Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979)
- Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present)
- LGBT rights in Iran
- Freedom of religion in Iran
Law enforcement in Iran

Military of Iran

Command
- Commander-in-chief: Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei
  - Ministry of Defence of Iran
Defense industry of Iran
Forces (Iran has two armies)
- Army of Iran
- Navy of Iran
- Air Force of Iran
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
- Basij Resistance Force (paramilitary force. Compare with National Guard)
Iran and weapons of mass destruction
Military history of Iran
Military ranks of Iran

Local government in Iran

City and Village Councils of Iran

History of Iran

Timeline of the history of Iran
Current events of Iran

Iran hostage crisis
History of fundamentalist Islam in Iran
Military history of Iran
- Iran–Iraq War
Timeline of the Iranian Islamic revolution
Chahar-Ai-Ne (Persian چهاﺮآﻳنه)
Plated mail

History of Iran, by period

Pre-Islam Iranian history

Post-Islam Iranian history

Pahlavi and contemporary history of Iran

History of Iran, by subject

Culture of Iran

Art in Iran

Art in Iran
Cinema of Iran
Literature of Iran
Music of Iran
- Iranian musical instruments
Television in Iran
Iranian theatre

Sports in Iran

Football in Iran

Economy of Iran

Education in Iran

Iran

[1]
"Iran". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 15, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
[2]
قانون اساسی جمهوری اسلامی ایران (in Persian). Retrieved 23 January 2008.
[3]
Iran amar.org.ir Retrieved 30 April 2020
[4]
Xinhua, "New evidence: modern civilization began in Iran", 10 August 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007
[5]
Iran Daily, "Panorama", 3 March 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007 Archived January 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
[6]
Iranian.ws, "Archaeologists: Modern civilization began in Iran based on new evidence", 12 August 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007 Archived June 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
[7]
parliament.uk, "Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Eighth Report, Iran, retrieved 1 October 2007
[8]
IRAN @ 2000 and Beyond lecture series, opening address, W. Herbert Hunt, 18 May 2000 Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 1 October 2007
[9]
"Armenian Highland". Retrieved 28 February 2015.
[10]
Iran also borders the Caspian Sea, a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea.

Wikimedia Atlas of Iran

The President of Iran
Iran Electoral Archive
The Majlis (Legislature) of Iran Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian)
Iran.ir
Persian language (Persian)
Wikimedia Atlas of Iran
Iran travel guide from Wikivoyage
First Iranians: Reference Articles on Iran By Manouchehr Saadat Noury
Iranian Innovations
Faces of Iran: The World in One Nation (a sequence of still photographs, showing the richness of the ethnic and religious diversity of the people of Iran), YouTube.
Rageh Inside Iran, a BBC Four production, 17 February 2007,
Farhad Nabipour, From Persia to Iran, Part I, AMIR Productions, 4 November 2006 (slide show accompanied with Pink Floyd and Persian music — 28 min 8 sec), Google. Highly recommended!
Farhad Nabipour, From Persia to Iran, Part II, AMIR Productions, 10 November 2006 (slide show accompanied with Pink Floyd and Persian music — 21 min 46 sec), Google.
Some Iranian folk-songs sung by Shusha Guppy in the 1970s:
Silver Gun (from Shiraz), Wheat Flower (a harvest song), The Rain (from the Gilan Province), The Stars in Heaven (from Shiraz), On Top of the Hill (from Shiraz), The Silken Handkerchief (from the Fars Province), Darling Leila (from the Gilan Province), I Have Come to Ravish My Heart (from the Lorestan Province), The Lor Youth (a Bakhtiari-Tribe song), Lullaby (from Gorgan), Girl from Boyer-Ahmadi Tribe (from the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province), My Beloved is Short (from the Fars Province), The Water Pipe, You Must Come to Me (from Mamasani County), Darling Dareyne (from the Mazandaran Province).
For further details see: Iranian.
Nir Rosen, Selling the War with Iran, The Washington Note, Thursday, May 1, 2008, .
The Second International Festival of Peace Poetry, Iran, 16 May 2009: (English), (Persian).

[CIA_World_Factbook-1] [1]
"Iran". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 15, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.

[2] [2]
قانون اساسی جمهوری اسلامی ایران (in Persian). Retrieved 23 January 2008.

[3] [3]
Iran amar.org.ir Retrieved 30 April 2020

[xinhuaciv-4] [4]
Xinhua, "New evidence: modern civilization began in Iran", 10 August 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007

[iran-daily-5] [5]
Iran Daily, "Panorama", 3 March 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007 Archived January 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[iranian.ws-6] [6]
Iranian.ws, "Archaeologists: Modern civilization began in Iran based on new evidence", 12 August 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007 Archived June 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[parliament-7] [7]
parliament.uk, "Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Eighth Report, Iran, retrieved 1 October 2007

[petro-hunt-8] [8]
IRAN @ 2000 and Beyond lecture series, opening address, W. Herbert Hunt, 18 May 2000 Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 1 October 2007

[9] [9]
"Armenian Highland". Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[Paratethys-10] [10]
Iran also borders the Caspian Sea, a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea.

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