Capital:Tehran
Population:68,017,860
Area:1,648,000 sq km
Climate:mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Languages:Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
Currency:Iranian rial (IRR)
Government:theocratic republic
Religions:Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
