Outline of Iran



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

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. Iran's population is about 83,500,000; and is the 18th largest country in the world in terms of area at 1648195 km2. 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.

General reference

 * Pronunciation:
 * Common English country name: Iran, archaic Persia
 * Official English country name: The Islamic Republic of Iran
 * Common endonym(s):
 * Official endonym(s):
 * Adjectival(s): Iranian
 * Demonym(s):
 * Etymology: Name of Iran
 * International rankings of Iran
 * 18th largest country
 * 17th most populous country
 * ISO country codes: IR, IRN, 364
 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:IR
 * Internet country code top-level domain: .ir

Geography of Iran


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 5610 m
 * Low: Caspian Sea -28 m
 * Land boundaries: 5,440 km
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq 1,458 km
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 992 km
 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 950 km
 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan 950 km
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 611 km
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey 499 km
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia 35 km
 * Coastline: 2,440 km


 * Population of Iran: 79,966,230 people (2017 estimate) - 18th most populous country
 * Area of Iran: 1648195 km2 - 18th largest country
 * Atlas of Iran

Environment 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

Ecoregions of Iran
List of ecoregions in Iran

Administrative divisions of Iran
Administrative divisions of Iran
 * Provinces of Iran
 * Counties of Iran
 * Municipalities of Iran

Provinces of Iran
Provinces of Iran

Counties of Iran
Counties of Iran

Municipalities 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

Branches of the government of Iran
Government of 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, Ebrahim Raisi
 * Vice President of Iran - anyone appointed by the President to lead an organization related to presidential affairs. There are currently 11 Vice Presidents in Iran:
 * First Vice President, Mohammad Mokhber
 * Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami
 * Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization, Ali Salajegheh
 * Vice President and Head of Plan and Budget Organization, Davoud Manzour
 * Vice President and Head of Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization, Meysam Latifi
 * Vice President for Executive Affairs, Mohsen Mansouri
 * Vice President for Science and Technology and Head of Iran's National Elites Foundation, Ruhollah Dehghani Firouz Abadi
 * Vice President for Legal Affairs, Mohammad Dehghan
 * Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs, Mohammad Hosseini
 * Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs, Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi
 * Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Ensieh Khazali
 * Council of Ministers of Iran
 * Ministry of Agricultural, Mohammad Ali Nikbakht
 * Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Issa Zarepour
 * Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare, Sowlat Mortazavi
 * Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili
 * Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani
 * Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, Ehsan Khandozi
 * Ministry of Education, Rezamorad Sahraei
 * Ministry of Energy, Ali Akbar Mehrabian
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
 * Minister of Health and Medical Education, Bahram Eynollahi
 * Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade, Abbas Aliabadi
 * Ministry of Intelligence and National Security, Esmaeil Khatib
 * Ministry of Interior, Ahmad Vahidi
 * Ministry of Justice, Amin Hossein Rahimi
 * Ministry of Petroleum, Javad Owji
 * Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, Mohammad Ali Zolfigol
 * Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, Mehrdad Bazrpash
 * Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kioumars Hashemi
 * Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism, Ezzatollah Zarghami

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 vetoes 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
Judicial system of Iran
 * Supreme Court of Iran
 * Special Clerical Court - for trying Muslim clerics, and accountable only to the Supreme Leader

Foreign relations of Iran
Foreign relations of Iran
 * Iran-Arab relations
 * Diplomatic missions in Iran
 * Diplomatic missions of Iran

International organization membership
International organization membership of Iran The Islamic Republic of Iran is a member of:


 * BRICS
 * Colombo Plan (CP)
 * Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
 * Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
 * Group of 15 (G15)
 * Group of 24 (G24)
 * Group of 77 (G77)
 * International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
 * International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
 * International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
 * International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
 * International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory)
 * International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
 * International Development Association (IDA)
 * International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
 * International Finance Corporation (IFC)
 * International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
 * International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
 * International Labour Organization (ILO)
 * International Maritime Organization (IMO)
 * International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
 * International Monetary Fund (IMF)
 * International Olympic Committee (IOC)
 * International Organization for Migration (IOM)
 * International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
 * International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
 * International Telecommunication Union (ITU)


 * International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
 * Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
 * Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
 * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
 * Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
 * Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
 * Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
 * Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
 * Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
 * Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
 * South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (observer)
 * United Nations (UN)
 * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
 * United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
 * United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
 * United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
 * United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
 * Universal Postal Union (UPU)
 * World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
 * World Customs Organization (WCO)
 * World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
 * World Health Organization (WHO)
 * World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
 * World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
 * World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
 * World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

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
 * Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
 * Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
 * Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
 * Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
 * 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
Local government in Iran
 * City and Village Councils of Iran

History of Iran
History of Iran
 * Timeline of the history of Iran
 * Current events 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
 * Arya (Iran)
 * 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
 * Emblem 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