Interesting Facts On Iran

This post is specially made for the people of Iran and interested people of the world who wants to know more important facts about country Iran. So, stay in touch for more general knowledge.

• The official name of the country is ‘Islamic Republic of Iran’.
• The currency of Iran is Iranian Rial.
• Iran has about 66 million people equal to the population of California + Texas and Tennessee. It’s number 18 on the list of countries in the world by population between Turkey and France. Two-thirds of all Iranians are under the age of 25.
• Iran is # 18 in size of countries between Libya and Mongolia and equal to the size of Alaska. Or equal to Texas + New Mexico + Oklahoma + Kansas + Colorado.
• Iran‘s neighbors are 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. (1.62Km = 1 mile).
• Iran was formerly known as Persia.
• Iran‘s history dates back to 4000BC.
• Iran is second in the world in natural gas AND oil reserves. It is OPEC’s second largest oil exporter.
• Iran‘s second largest export commodity is carpets.
• Iran is made up of Persians (51%), Azeris (24%), Gilaki and Mazandarani (8%), Kurds (7%), Arabs (3%), Baluchi (2%), Lurs (2%), Turkmens (2%), Laks, Qashqai, Armenians, Persian Jews, Georgians, Assyrians, Circassians, Tats, Mandaeans, Gypsies, Brahuis, Hazara, Kazakhs and others (1%).
• Almost nine in 10 Iranians belong to the Twelver Shi’a branch of Islam. Eight percent are Sunni.
• Iran suffers from air pollution, deforestation, overgrazing, oil pollution in the Persian Gulf, drought, soil degradation and water pollution from raw sewage.
• Three of four Iranians over 15 can read and write.
• Unemployment in Iran is about 12%.
• Iran‘s top export partners are – China 15%, Japan 14.3%, Turkey 7.4%, South Korea 7.3%, Italy 6.4%.
• Iran‘s top import partners are – China 14.2%, Germany 9.6%, UAE 9.1%, South Korea 6.3%, Russia 5.7%, Italy 5%.
• There is one telephone for every three Iranians and one mobile phone for every two. One in three Iranians are online.
• Iran has 331 airports. Six are international.
• Iran is on the soon-to-be ex-president’s ‘dirt’ list – the axis of evil.
• There are at three Iranian English Dailies - Tehran Times, Iran Daily and Iran News.
• The word Iran means the ‘Land of the Aryan’s.
• The largest desert in Iran is Dasht - e - Kavir.
• Iran ranks seventh among countries in the world as regards number of World Heritage Sites recognized by UNESCO.
• It snows in Tehran like it does in Denver.
• Iran has crocodiles. It’s tigers were hunted to extinc¬tion 50 years ago. But still has the only Asi¬atic cheetah.
• Persian (Farsi) is still spo¬ken in Tajikestan and Afghanistan. It was the offi¬cial court lan¬guage of India for 200 years.
• Famous biblical people buried in Iran: Queen Esther, Daniel, Cyrus The Great, Dar¬ius The Great, St. Thaddeus.
• Alexander’s wife, Roxanne, was an Iranian. “Roshanak” in Farsi.
• Iran’s constitution and Parliament were created on Aug 5th, 1906.
• Iran is the only country to have purchased F-14 Tomcats from US.