- Iran also knownPersia officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a sovereign state in Western Asia With over 81 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's 18th-most-populous country.
- Comprising a land area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), it is the second-largest country in the Middle East and the 17th-largest in the world. Iran is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan,[a] to the north by the Caspian Sea , to the northeast by Turkmenistan, tal and largest city, as well as its leading economic and cultural center.
