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Iran, (Persian: ايران,), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI,
Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ايران, , formerly known internationally as Persia
until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia. Iran is bounded 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. The 18th largest country in the world in terms of area at
1,648,195 km², Iran has a population of over seventy million. Iran borders
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan and Pakistan to
the east, and Turkey and Iraq to the west. Being a littoral state of the
Caspian sea (an internal sea and condominium), also Kazakhstan and Russia
are Iran's direct neighbours.
Iran is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations,
with historical and urban settlements dating back to 4000 BC.Throughout history, Iran has been of geostrategic importance because of its
central location in Eurasia and is a regional power. Iran is a
founding member of the UN, NAM, OIC, and OPEC. 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.
Iran occupies an important position in international energy security and
world economy as a result of of its large reserves of petroleum and natural
gas. The name Iran is a cognate of Aryan, and means "Land of the
Aryans". "Land of Kindness" (سرزمين مهر) is used as an
alternative name for Iran in Persian literature and Iranian media.
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