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Outline of Iran

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Outline of Iran

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Iran:

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Iran – sovereign country located in Southwest Asia and the Middle East. Iran is bound by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south and the Caspian Sea to its north. Shi'a Islam is the official religion, and Persian is the official language. The 18th largest country in the world in terms of area at 1,648,195 square kilometres (636,372 sq mi), Iran has a population of over seventy million. Iran is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with historical and urban settlements dating back to 4000 BC. Throughout history, Iran has been of geostrategic importance because of its central location in Eurasia and is a regional power. The political system of Iran, based on the 1979 Constitution, comprises several intricately connected governing bodies. The highest state authority is the Supreme Leader, currently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Geography of Iran

  • Iran is: a country
  • Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia
  • Asia
  • Southwest Asia
  • Middle East
  • Iranian plateau
  • Armenian highlands
  • Caucasus (partly)
  • Time zone: Iran Standard Time UTC+03:30, Iran Daylight Time UTC+04:30
  • Extreme points of Iran
  • High: Damavand 5,610 m (18,406 ft)
  • Low: Caspian Sea −28 m (−92 ft)
  • Land boundaries: 5,440 km
  • Coastline: 2,440 km
  • Population of Iran: 70,049,262 people (2006 estimate) - 17th most populous country
  • Area of Iran: 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi) - 18th largest country
  • Atlas of Iran

    • Environment of Iran

  • Climate of Iran
  • Environmental issues in Iran
  • Renewable energy in Iran
  • Geology of Iran
  • List of earthquakes in Iran
  • Protected areas of Iran
  • Biosphere reserves in Iran
  • National parks of Iran
  • Wildlife of Iran
  • Fauna of Iran
  • Birds of Iran
  • Mammals of Iran

    • Natural geographic features of Iran

  • Glaciers of Iran: None
  • Islands of Iran
  • Lakes of Iran
  • Mountains of Iran
  • Volcanoes in Iran
  • Rivers of Iran
  • Waterfalls of Iran
  • Valleys of Iran
  • List of World Heritage Sites in Iran

    • Administrative divisions of Iran

    Administrative divisions of Iran

  • Provinces of Iran
  • Counties of Iran
  • Municipalities of Iran
    • Provinces of Iran
    Counties of Iran
    Municipalities of Iran
  • Cities of Iran
  • Capital of Iran: Tehran

    • Demography of Iran

    Demographics of Iran

    Government and politics of Iran

    Politics of Iran

  • Form of government: Islamic republic
  • Capital of Iran: Tehran
  • Elections in Iran
  • Political parties in Iran
  • Taxation in Iran

    • Executive branch of the government of Iran

  • Assembly of Experts
  • Elects the Supreme Leader
  • Has the constitutional authority to remove the Supreme Leader from power at any time
  • Supervises the Supreme Leader in the performance of legal duties
  • Head of state: Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei
  • Head of government: President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani
  • Vice President of Iran - anyone appointed by the President to lead an organization related to Presidential affairs. There are currently 10 Vice Presidents in Iran:
    1. First Vice President, Eshaq Jahangiri
    2. Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi
    3. Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization, Masoumeh Ebtekar
    4. Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization, Mohammad Bagher Nobakht
    5. Vice President for Executive Affairs, Mohammad Shariatmadari
    6. Vice President for Science and Technology and Head of Iran's National Elites Foundation, Sorena Sattari
    7. Vice President for Legal Affairs, Elham Aminzadeh
    8. Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs, Majid Ansari
    9. Vice President for International Affairs, Akbar Torkan
    10. Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs, Mohammad-Ali Shahidi
    11. Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization, Mohammad-Ali Najafi
    12. Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi
  • Council of Ministers of Iran
    1. Ministry of Agricultural, Mahmoud Hojjati
    2. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Mahmoud Vaezi
    3. Minister of Cooperatives, Mohammad Abbasi
    4. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Ali Jannati
    5. Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, Hossein Dehghan
    6. Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, Ali Tayebnia
    7. Ministry of Education, Ali Asghar Fani
    8. Ministry of Energy, Hamid Chitchian
    9. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif
    10. Minister of Health and Medical Education, Hassan Hashemi
    11. Ministry of Industries and Business, Mohammadreza Nematzadeh
    12. Ministry of Intelligence and National Security, Mahmoud Alavi
    13. Ministry of Interior, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli
    14. Ministry of Justice (Iran), Mostafa Pour Mohammadi
    15. Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Ali Rabei
    16. Ministry of Petroleum, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh
    17. Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, Reza Faraji Dana
    18. Ministry of Transportation and Housing, Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi
    19. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Mahmoud Goudarzi

    • Legislative branch of the government of Iran

  • Majlis of Iran (unicameral parliament)
  • drafts legislation
  • ratifies international treaties
  • approves the national budget
  • Guardian Council
  • 12 members
  • 6 appointed by the Supreme Leader
  • 6 elected by the Majlis
  • Powers and responsibilities:
  • Supervises elections
  • Approves or rejects candidates for President, Majlis, and the Assembly of Experts
  • Reviews all bills passed by the Majlis for constitutionality and compatibility with Islamic law, and approves or vetos them
  • Expediency Discernment Council
  • Appointed by Supreme Leader
  • Main purpose is to mediate disputes between the Majlis and the Council of Guardians
  • Also serves as an advisory board to the Supreme Leader

    • Judicial branch of the government of Iran

  • Supreme Court of Iran
  • Special Clerical Court - for trying Muslim clerics, and accountable only to the Supreme Leader

    • Foreign relations of Iran

  • Iran-Arab relations
  • Diplomatic missions in Iran
  • Diplomatic missions of Iran

    • International organization membership

    The Islamic Republic of Iran is a member of:

    Law and order in Iran

    Law of Iran

  • Capital punishment in Iran
  • Constitution of Iran
  • Crime in Iran
  • Human rights in Iran (1925–1979)
  • Human rights in the Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979)
  • Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present)
  • LGBT rights in Iran
  • Freedom of religion in Iran
  • Law enforcement in Iran

    • Military of Iran

    Military of Iran

  • Command
  • Commander-in-chief: Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei
  • Ministry of Defence of Iran
  • Defense industry of Iran
  • Forces (Iran has two armies)
  • Army of Iran
  • Navy of Iran
  • Air Force of Iran
  • Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
  • Ground Forces of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
  • Navy of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
  • Air Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
  • Quds Force (Special Forces)
  • Basij Resistance Force (paramilitary force. Compare with National Guard)
  • Iran and weapons of mass destruction
  • Military history of Iran
  • Military ranks of Iran

    • Local government in Iran

  • City and Village Councils of Iran

    • History of Iran

  • Iran hostage crisis
  • History of fundamentalist Islam in Iran
  • Military history of Iran
  • Iran–Iraq War
  • Timeline of the Iranian Islamic revolution
  • Chahar-Ai-Ne (Persian چهاﺮآﻳنه )
  • Plated mail

    • Pre-Islam Iranian history

  • Palaeolithic Era in Iran
  • Archaeological sites in Iran
  • Tappeh Sialk
  • Jiroft culture
  • Kura-Araxes culture
  • Atropatene
  • Arran (Caucasus)
  • Shahr-i Sokhta
  • Akkadian Empire
  • Elam
  • Mannaeans
  • Aratta
  • Kingdom of Pontus
  • Urartu
  • Neo-Assyrian Empire
  • Neo-Babylonian Empire
  • Aratti theory
  • Aryan
  • Indo-Iranians
  • Iran naming convention
  • Kassites
  • List of ancient Persians
  • List of kings of Persia
  • Parthia
  • Parthian Empire
  • Arsacid dynasty of Iberia
  • Arsacid dynasty of Armenia
  • Arsacid Dynasty of Caucasian Albania
  • Persian war elephants
  • Median Empire
  • Achaemenid Empire
  • Greco-Persian Wars
  • Seleucid Empire
  • Parthian Empire
  • Roman-Parthian Wars
  • Sassanid Empire
  • Byzantine-Sassanid Wars
  • Persian Armenia
  • Asorestan

    • Post-Islam Iranian history

  • Islamicization in Iran
  • Islamic Conquest of Iran
  • Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907
  • Treaty of Gulistan
  • Treaty of Akhal
  • Treaty of Zuhab
  • Treaty of Turkmenchay
  • Sallarids
  • Ak Koyunlu
  • Kara Koyunlu
  • Safavids
  • Qajar dynasty
  • Ottoman-Persian Wars
  • Russo-Persian Wars

    • Pahlavi and contemporary history of Iran

  • Constitutionalist movement of Gilan
  • List of Prime Ministers of Iran
  • Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
  • Persian Constitutional Revolution
  • Persian Corridor
  • White Revolution
  • Human rights in the Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979)
  • Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present)
  • Iran–Iraq War
  • United States support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war
  • United States support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq war
  • 1988 Massacre of Iranian Prisoners
  • Ahvaz Bombings

    • History of Iran, by subject

  • History of science in Persia
  • Military history of Iran
  • Prime Minister of Iran
  • Persianization
  • Persian mythology
  • Iranian continent
  • Iranian Azerbaijan
  • Iranian Kurdistan
  • Iranian peoples
  • Iranology
  • Islamic Cultural Revolution
  • University of Chicago's Persian heritage crisis
  • Islam in Iran
  • Islamicization in Iran
  • Turko-Persian tradition
  • Kayanian dynasty

    • Culture of Iran

    Culture of Iran

  • Architecture of Iran
  • Cuisine of Iran
  • Ethnic minorities in Iran
  • Festivals in Iran
  • Languages of Iran
  • Media in Iran
  • Museums in Iran
  • National symbols of Iran
  • Coat of arms of Iran
  • Flag of Iran
  • National anthem of Iran
  • People of Iran
  • Prostitution in Iran
  • Public holidays in Iran
  • Records of Iran
  • Religion in Iran
  • Buddhism in Iran
  • Christianity in Iran
  • Hinduism in Iran
  • Islam in Iran
  • History of the Jews in Iran
  • List of World Heritage Sites in Iran

    • Art in Iran

  • Art in Iran
  • Cinema of Iran
  • Literature of Iran
  • Music of Iran
  • Iranian musical instruments
  • Television in Iran
  • Iranian theatre

    • Sports in Iran

    Sports in Iran

  • Football in Iran

    • Economy and infrastructure of Iran

    Economy of Iran

  • Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 29th (twenty-ninth)
  • Agriculture in Iran
  • Banking in Iran
  • National Bank of Iran
  • Communications in Iran
  • Internet in Iran
  • Companies of Iran
  • Currency of Iran: Rial
  • ISO 4217: IRR
  • Economic history of Iran
  • Energy policy of Iran
  • Health care in Iran
  • Industry of Iran
  • Mining in Iran
  • Petroleum industry in Iran
  • Tehran Stock Exchange
  • Tourism in Iran
  • Transport in Iran
  • Airports in Iran
  • Rail transport in Iran
  • Roads in Iran
  • Urban plans in Iran
  • Water supply and sanitation in Iran

    • Education in Iran

    Education in Iran

    References

    Outline of Iran Wikipedia
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