| Area Total | 1,648,195 sq km |
| Climate | mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast |
| Natural Resources | petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur |
| Imports | UAE 29.8%, China 12.7%, Turkey 4.4%, South Korea 4%, Germany 4% (2017) – industrial supplies, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services |
| Government | theocratic republic |
| Capital | Tehran |
| Population | Population field listing 83,024,745 (July 2018 est.) |
| Ethnicity | Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen and Turkic tribes |
| Language | Persian (official), Azeri Turkic and Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic |
| Exports | China 27.5%, India 15.1%, South Korea 11.4%, Turkey 11.1%, Italy 5.7%, Japan 5.3% (2017) – petroleum 60%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets, cement, ore |
News about Iran
- Belgium, Politico, Populismby siavash on November 12, 2025
Belgium, Politico, Populism TEHRAN (Iran News) According to Politico, the founder of this party has announced that he intends to capitalize on the popularity of Donald Trump, the former U.S. President, because he regards Trump as “the ultimate symbol of populism” over the past 100 years across the entire world. The American magazine wrote that although […]
- Iran, China Sign Agreement to Jointly Produce Renewable Energy Invertersby siavash on November 11, 2025
Iran, China Sign Agreement to Jointly Produce Renewable Energy Inverters TEHRAN (Iran News) The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday evening, November 10, between an Iranian knowledge-based company and a Chinese industrial firm. The agreement was facilitated through collaboration among Iran’s Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Economic […]
- Artificial Intelligence: An Unknown Continentby siavash on November 11, 2025
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- Baghdad hails ‘positive’ statements from Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Iraqi electionsby siavash on November 11, 2025
Baghdad hails ‘positive’ statements from Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Iraqi elections TEHRAN (Iran News) In a statement to the country’s official news agency on Tuesday, Bahr Al Uloom described Baqaei’s comments about the democratic process in Iraq as “positive”. He said that the Iranian spokesperson not only praised the political and electoral […]
- Minister: Uzbekistan is Iran’s link to Central Asiaby siavash on November 11, 2025
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- Iran’s defense production exceeds pre-war levels, minister tells Parliamentby siavash on November 11, 2025
Iran’s defense production exceeds pre-war levels, minister tells Parliament TEHRAN (Iran News) Speaking during an open session of Parliament on the first-year review of the Seventh Development Plan on Monday, Nasirzadeh said the ministry had identified 36 field projects with practical potential. “Out of these, 15 projects have achieved between 70% and […]
- Araghchi: Iran’s Foreign Ministry acted as ‘foreign ministry of Resistance Front’by siavash on November 11, 2025
Araghchi: Iran’s Foreign Ministry acted as ‘foreign ministry of Resistance Front’ TEHRAN (Iran News) Addressing lawmakers during a parliamentary session on the first-year review of the Seventh Development Plan on Monday, Araghchi said several of his regional trips – including visits to Damascus and Beirut at the height of regional conflicts – as […]
- Iran’s Men’s Futsal into Final: 2025 ISGby siavash on November 11, 2025
Iran’s Men’s Futsal into Final: 2025 ISG TEHRAN (Iran News) Masoud Yousef, Salar Aghapour, Moslem Oladghobad and Ali Khalilvand were on target for Iran and Shakhzodjon Sadiev and Akbar Usmonov scored for Uzbekistan. Iran will play the winner of Morocco and Saudi Arabia in the final match. The futsal tournament of the 6th Islamic Solidarity Games The […]
- Consortium Proposed for Export of Engineering Services to UAEby siavash on November 10, 2025
Consortium Proposed for Export of Engineering Services to UAE TEHRAN (Iran News) The meeting, attended by Iran’s Consul General in Dubai and several engineering and construction industry representatives, focused on enhancing Iran’s organized presence at BIG5—one of the world’s largest construction and engineering trade events. Erfan Shakeri, head […]
- Iran calls for collective action to address global challengesby siavash on November 10, 2025
Iran calls for collective action to address global challenges TEHRAN (Iran News) Speaking at the 2nd World Summit for Social Development 2025 in Doha, Qatar, Rabiei said on Wednesday that Iran supports South-South cooperation to achieve development goals, emphasizing the importance of community-based governance, anti-corruption initiatives, and effective […]


