About IRAN

IRAN

Iran coach Branko Ivankovic on the training groundIran coach Branko Ivankovic on the training ground in Tehran on 2 May 2006. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARECopyright: AFP / afp.com

FIFA Trigramme: IRN
Country: Iran
Country (official name): Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran
Continent: Asia
Capital: Teheran
Major cities: Mashhad, Ispahan, Tabriz, Shiraz, Ahvaz, Bakhtaran, Qom, Karaj, Urumiyeh, Abadan, Rasht, Kerman
Currency: Rial
Official languages: Farsi
Motto: Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic
Population
Population (in millions): 68.28
GDP per inhabitant (in US dollars): 7,000
Density (inhabitants per km2): 41.43
Average age (in years): 22.9
Life expectancy at birth (in years): 69.35

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