Name: Iran
Official Name: the Islamic Republic of Iran
Former Name: Persia
Nationality: Iranian
Government: Islamic Republic
Capital City: Tehran
Major Cities: Karaj, Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz and Tabriz
Population: Over Seventy Million
Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Official Currency: Iranian Rial (IRR)
Official Language: Persian (Farsi)
Official Religion: Islam
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +3.5
International Calling Code: +98
Internet TLD: .ir
