Iran Country Guide | Guide to Iran

Capital: Tehran

Population: 69,515,000

Currency: Iranian rial (IRR)

Religions: Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2%

Government: theocratic republic

Languages: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%

Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast

Phone Code: 98