2007-01-14 15:00:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Other - Africa & Middle East
Iran is a Muslim country that is in Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan.
32 00 N, 53 00 E
Language: Persian
2007-01-15 22:43:49 · answer #1 · answered by ±50% 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Geographic coordinates: 32 00 N, 53 00 E
Land boundaries: total: 5,440 km
border countries: Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km, Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq 1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km
Coastline: 2,440 km; note - Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)
Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Terrain: rugged, mountainous rim; high, central basin with deserts, mountains; small, discontinuous plains along both coasts
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m
Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and the shah was forced into exile. Conservative clerical forces established a theocratic system of government with ultimate political authority nominally vested in a learned religious scholar. Iranian-US relations have been strained since a group of Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979 and held it until 20 January 1981. During 1980-88, Iran fought a bloody, indecisive war with Iraq that eventually expanded into the Persian Gulf and led to clashes between US Navy and Iranian military forces between 1987-1988. Iran has been designated a state sponsor of terrorism for its activities in Lebanon and elsewhere in the world and remains subject to US economic sanctions and export controls because of its continued involvement. Following the elections of a reformist president and Majlis in the late 1990s, attempts to foster political reform in response to popular dissatisfaction floundered as conservative politicians prevented reform measures from being enacted, increased repressive measures, and made electoral gains against reformers. Parliamentary elections in 2004 and the August 2005 inauguration of a conservative stalwart as president, completed the reconsolidation of conservative power in Iran's government.
2007-01-18 06:07:47 · answer #2 · answered by Geist König 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Iran! By Afghanistan, next to Iraq, next to Pakistan, and by India!
2007-01-14 15:10:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
country located in the Middle East and Central Asia, Iran is one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, it is large supply of petroleum
Tens of thousands of Iranian civilians and military personnel were killed when Iraq rush Iran in 1979........
2007-01-14 16:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by Arash007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
iran is in the middel east and north of persian gulf , it is the biggest country in persian gulf region. it has borders with iraq in west , turky in northwest , azarbaijan and turkemenstan and caspian sea in north , afghanstan and pakestan i east and bahrain , qatar , uae ,oman in south .
2007-01-18 04:26:19 · answer #5 · answered by MASOUD A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its in the middle east, near iraq not far from Armenia. It's a muslim country though
2007-01-14 15:10:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
by Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan......below Russia
2007-01-17 07:28:47 · answer #7 · answered by ~splood_5~ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iran .........sounds like familiar name
2007-01-14 19:10:28 · answer #8 · answered by Eco-Savvy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
next to Irak
2007-01-14 15:05:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know. i lost it.
2007-01-14 18:02:50 · answer #10 · answered by Kalooka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋