The eighteenth-largest country in the world, this nation of over 70 million inhabitants is bordered by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to the north.
The eighteenth-largest country in the world, this nation of over 70 million inhabitants is bordered by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to the north. Before Islam arrived in the seventh century, two  ruling empires here included the Parthians and the Sassanids. Notable tourist attractions here include the cities of Isfahan, Qom, Shiraz and Tabriz. The US does not currently operate an embassy, following a 1979  revolution in this nation. Formerly known as Persia, FTP, name this Middle Eastern country, whose  supreme leader is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and whose president is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The eighteenth-largest country in the world, this nation of over 70 million inhabitants is bordered by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to the north.
Iran