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Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a sovereign state in Western Asia with Tehran as its capital and Persian as its official language.

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Its population was 92,417,700 as of 2025, and its currency is the Iranian rial. Iran borders Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and it lies along the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Damavand, a potentially active stratovolcano, is the highest point in the country, which belongs to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and the United Nations.

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