Iran (Manifest Destiny)
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Islamic Republic of Iram جمهوری اسلامی ایران (Persian) Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân | |
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Motto: استقلال، آزادی، جمهوری اسلامی Esteqlâl, Âzâdi, Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi | |
Anthem: سرود ملی جمهوری اسلامی ایران Sorud-e Melli-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân ("National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran") | |
| Capital and largest city | Tehran |
| Official languages | Persian |
| Recognised regional languages | Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Pashtun, Balochi, Uzbek, Turkman |
| Demonym(s) | Iranian |
| 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 |
Iran (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.