Welcome to Iran.......President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Quick Facts on Iran:
Langauge: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
Ethnic Groups: Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2% other 1%.
Population: 66,429,284
Size: 636,296 square miles
Religious %: Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%
Food: Iranian Food
Resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur
Type of Gov't: Theocratic Republic
Neighbors: Iraq, Turkmenistan, Azerbajan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Allies: Egypt, China, Russia, Syria
Enemies: Isreal, America (the Great Evil)
Fun Factoids: Our President's thoughts on Israel: "(Israel is) a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish", is "counterfeit and illegitimate", and that the Zionist regime "is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm".
Welcome to Iran.......President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Quick Facts on Iran:Langauge: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
Ethnic Groups: Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2% other 1%.
Population: 66,429,284
Size: 636,296 square miles
Religious %: Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%
Food: Iranian Food
Resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur
Type of Gov't: Theocratic Republic
Neighbors: Iraq, Turkmenistan, Azerbajan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Allies: Egypt, China, Russia, Syria
Enemies: Isreal, America (the Great Evil)
Fun Factoids: Our President's thoughts on Israel: "(Israel is) a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish", is "counterfeit and illegitimate", and that the Zionist regime "is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm".
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