Iran (Manifest Destiny)
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Islamic Republic of Iram | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Motto: "Novus ordo seclorum" (Turkish) "New order of the ages" | |
| Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner" | |
| Capital | Tehran |
| Largest city | Istanbal |
| Official languages | Persian |
| Recognised regional languages | Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Pashtun, Balochi, Uzbek, Turkman |
| Demonym(s) | Turk, Turkish |
| Government | Unitary theocratic Islamic republic |
• Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
• President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
• Vice President | Javad Zarif |
• Speaker of the Assembly | Ebrahim Raisi |
• Chief Justice | Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i |
| Legislature | Islamic Consultative Assembly |
| "Independence [from Great Britain]" | |
| Population | |
• (2022) estimate | 173,871,000 |
• (2022) census | 173,870,859 |
| Calling code | +1 |
| ISO 3166 code | TR |
Turkey (Persian: Türkiye), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Kurdistan to the west, by Turkey to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, by India to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.