Brazil–Iran relations
Brazil Iran
Population 206,081,432 83,183,741
Area 8,514,877 km² ( 3,287,597 sq mi ) 1,648,195 km² ( 636,372 sq mi )
Population Density 22/km² ( 57/sq mi ) 45/km² ( 116.6/sq mi )
Capital Brasília Tehran
Largest City São Paulo - 11,037,593 ( 19,889,559 Metro ) Tehran - 9,110,347 ( 13,413,348 Metro )
Government Federal presidential constitutional republic * de jure : Unitary Khomeinist presidential Islamic republic de facto : Unitary theocratic - republican authoritarian presidential system subject to a Supreme Leader
Current leader President Jair Bolsonaro Vice President Hamilton Mourão President Hassan Rouhani First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri
Official languages Portuguese Persian
Main religions 74% Roman Catholicism , 15.4% Protestant , 7.4% non-Religious , 1.3% Kardecist spiritism , 1.7% Other religions , 0.1% Afro-Brazilian religions 98% Shia Islam , 2% Other religions
GDP ( nominal ) US $ 2.517 trillion ( $ 12,916 per capita ) US $ 420.894 billion ( $ 6,260 per capita )
Military expenditures $ 28.0 billion ( SIPRI 2010 ) $ 7.0 billion ( SIPRI 2010 )
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Brazil-Iran relations are the bilateral relations between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Relations are characterized by economic and diplomatic cooperation and are quite friendly. Iran has a productive trade balance with Brazil. The two governments signed a document to bolster cooperation during the G-15 Summit in Tehran in 2010. However, since the election of Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, relations between the two countries recently have deteriorated greatly, following Rousseff shifting Brazil away from Iran due to Iran's violation of human and civil rights. Ahmadinejad's media adviser, Ali Akbar Javanfekr, was quoted as stating that Rousseff had destroyed years of good relations between them. He denied making such a statement. The Brazilian population has an overwhelmingly negative view of Iran; in a Pew poll from 2015, just 11% of Brazilians had a favorable opinion of Iran, compared to 79% unfavorable.