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Iran
Iran is a country in Southern Asia with its capital in Tehran.
- Capital
- Tehran
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Population
- 86.0 million
- Languages
- Persian (Farsi)
- Currency
- Iranian rial (๏ทผ)
- Area
- 1,648,195 kmยฒ
- Borders
- ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan ๐น๐ท Turkey ๐น๐ฒ Turkmenistan
๐ก Renamed from Persia in 1935; site of one of humanity's oldest civilizations.
About the flag
Along the edges of the white band, Allahu Akbar is written 22 times in stylised Kufic script, recalling the 22nd of Bahman, the date of the 1979 revolution in the Iranian calendar.
How to spot it: Green-white-red stripes with a red emblem in the centre and white script bordering the white band; Tajikistanโs has red on top.
Often confused with: ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistan