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Islamic Republic of Iran
جمهوری اسلامی ایران
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OTL equivalent: Iran
Flag Coat of Arms
Flag Emblem
Location of Iran
Location of Iran
Anthem "National Anthem of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
"
Capital
(and largest city)
Tehran
Other cities Isfahan, Mashhad
Language
  official
 
Persian (Farsi)
  others Arabic, Azeri, Kurdish, Turkmen
Religion Shia Islam
Demonym Iranian
Government Unitary Islamic republic
  Legislature Islamic Consultative Assembly
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Area 1,648,195 km²
Population 75,149,669 
Established October 24, 1979
Currency Rial (IRR)
Time Zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
  summer IRDT (UTC+4:30)
Calling Code 98
Internet TLD .ir, ایران.

Iran (Persian: ایران, Irān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (جمهوری اسلامی ایران, Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān) and historically known as Persia, is a Western Asian nation. Iran is bordered by Armenia and the Soviet Union to the north, Mesopotamia and Turkey to the west, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and a maritime border with Oman and the United Arab Emirates to the south.

Historically, the relations between Persia and Russia have been friendly. However, the rise of Communism in Russia eventually led to Persia's alliance with Germany up to World War II, and the United States throughout the Cold War. Despite a troubled beginning, the relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Soviet Union have become normalized, if not tensionless. With the rise of terrorism in the early 2000s, as well as attacks upon the USSR, the relations between Moscow and Tehran have begun to grow distant.