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 Main prefix
 EP 
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 9BA-9DZ, EPA-EQZ 
 Time zone
 +3 h 30 min. 
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 ITU zone
 40 
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 21 
 
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 Flag description 
Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red; the national emblem (a stylized representation of the word Allah in the shape of a tulip, a symbol of martyrdom) in red is centered in the white band; ALLAH AKBAR (God is Great) in white Arabic script is repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band.
 
          Iran          
 
 Iran 
 Capital: 
Tehran
 Administrative
 divisions: 
31 provinces (ostanha, singular - ostan): Alborz, Ardabil, Azarbayjan-e Gharbi (West Azerbaijan), Azarbayjan-e Sharqi (East Azerbaijan), Bushehr, Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari, Esfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorasan-e Jonubi (South Khorasan), Khorasan-e Razavi (Razavi Khorasan), Khorasan-e Shomali (North Khorasan), Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh va Bowyer Ahmad, Kordestan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Qom, Semnan, Sistan va Baluchestan, Tehran, Yazd, Zanjan.
 Population: 
66,622,704 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
32° 00' N, 53° 00' E
 Area total: 
1.648 million sq. km
 Land area: 
1.636 million sq. km
 Water area: 
12,000 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
5,440 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 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
Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Caspian Sea -28 m - Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.ir
 Currency: 
Iranian rial (IRR)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Islamic Republic of Iran
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Iran
 Name - local
 long form: 
Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran
 Name - local
 short form: 
Iran
 Former name: 
Persia
 Independence: 
1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed)
 Constitution: 
2-3 December 1979, revised 1989 to expand powers of the presidency and eliminate the prime ministership
 Government
 type: 
theocratic republic
 National
 holiday: 
Republic Day, 1 April (1979)
 
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