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www.hantra.com/Iran |
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Iran1@hantra.com |
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Shahrake Garb Faze
3 Ave Hassansaif Kouche 16 No.942, Iran |
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98-21-8092850 |
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98-21-8362364 |
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Mr. Esrafil Ghanbari Meman |
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Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan |
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total: 1.648 million sq km
land: 1.636 million sq km
water: 12,000 sq km |
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68,278,826 (July 2003 est.) |
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Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1% |
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Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1% |
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Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2% |
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purchasing power parity - $458.3 billion (2002 est.) |
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petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), metal fabricating, armaments |
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Iranian rial (IRR) |
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