People in traditional costumes perform in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 5, 2023. People from all parts of the country gathered here to exhibit and sell traditional products. (Xinhua/Shadati) People dance at an ...
Iran, [c] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, [d] and also known as Persia, [e] is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a population of over 92 million ...
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Iran is a mountainous, arid, and ethnically diverse country of southwestern Asia. The heart of the Persian empire of antiquity, Iran has long played an important role in the region as an imperial power and as a factor in superpower rivalries. Modern Iranian culture owes itself in part to a renaissance in the 8th century.
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