Islamic Republic of Iran

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جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Motto: Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic
Capital
and largest city
Tehran
Official languagesPersian
Religion
Islam
GovernmentCapitalist presidential republic
• Leader[1]
Great Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei
• President
Dr. Hassan Rohani
• Vice President
Eshaq Jahangiri
• Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
Mohammad Ghalibaf
History
1979 Feb 12th
Population
• 2017 estimate
79,926,270
CurrencyIranian Rial


The Islamic Republic of Iran, also called Persia[2] and Iran, is a country in Western Asia. It is the second-largest country in the Middle East, and its capital and largest city is Tehran.

Iran is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations,[3][4] beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC.

The modern Government of Iran is an Islamic republic which includes elements of a presidential democracy, which was installed by a popular revolution against the US-backed Shah.

Iran's geography makes it geostrategically important for the global oil markets, as it is the northern coast of the Straight of Hormuz which is a maritime choke point where a third of the world's liquefied natural gas and a quarter of global oil trade passes through.

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