Iran

Summary

Iran is a sovereign state^[1]. Iran ranks in the top 3% of sovereign_state entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,563 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Iran is identified as part of the Persians ethnic group^[3].
• Iran is identified as part of the Iranian Azerbaijanis ethnic group^[4].
• Iran is identified as part of the Kurds ethnic group^[5].
• Iran is identified as part of the Lurs ethnic group^[6].
• Iran is identified as part of the Baloch ethnic group^[7].
• Iran is identified as part of the Iranian Arabs ethnic group^[8].
• Iran is in the country of Iran^[9].
• Iran's head of government is recorded as Masoud Pezeshkian^[10].
• Iran is on the continent of Asia^[11].
• Iran's instance of is recorded as sovereign state^[12].
• Iran's instance of is recorded as Islamic Republic^[13].
• Iran's instance of is recorded as country^[14].
• Iran's instance of is recorded as successor state^[15].
• Iran's head of state is recorded as Ali Khamenei^[16].
• Iran's head of state is recorded as Q2919350^[17].
• Iran's capital is recorded as Tehran^[18].
• Iran's official language is recorded as Persian^[19].
• Iran's currency is recorded as Iranian rial^[20].
• Iran's shares border with is recorded as Afghanistan^[21].
• Iran's shares border with is recorded as Pakistan^[22].
• Iran's shares border with is recorded as Turkey^[23].
• Iran's shares border with is recorded as Iraq^[24].
• Iran's shares border with is recorded as Azerbaijan^[25].
• Iran's shares border with is recorded as Armenia^[26].
• Iran's shares border with is recorded as Turkmenistan^[27].

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Iran include CRINK^[28], a geopolitical group^[29], founded in 2023^[30]; Persophilia^[31], a sentiment^[32]; Iranians^[33], a human population^[34]; Order of Islamic Republic^[35], an order^[36], founded in 1990^[37]; iranite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; and Iranian Plate^[40], a tectonic plate^[41].

Why It Matters

Iran ranks in the top 3% of sovereign_state entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,563 views/month).^[2] Iran has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Iran is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Iran include CRINK^[28], a geopolitical group^[29], founded in 2023^[30]; Persophilia^[31], a sentiment^[32]; Iranians^[33], a human population^[34]; Order of Islamic Republic^[35], an order^[36], founded in 1990^[37]; iranite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; and Iranian Plate^[40], a tectonic plate^[41].