Iran

Islamic Republic of Iran · ایران

Iran (IR, IRN) is a country in Southern Asia, with Tehran as its capital. The currency is the Iranian Rial (IRR, IRR). The international dialling code is +98 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0912 345 6789. The time zone is Asia/Tehran. Official language: Persian.

CurrencyIRRIRR
Dial code+98e.g. 0912 345 6789
Time zoneTehranUTC+03:30
LanguagePersian
CapitalTehran
Population88.4M1.6M km²

Overview

Official name
Islamic Republic of Iran
Native name
ایران
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
IR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
IRN
ISO 3166-1 numeric
364
IOC code
IRI
Demonym
Iranian
Capital
Tehran
Region
Asia › Southern Asia
Status
Independent, UN member
Groups
  • Southern Asia
  • United Nations
Internet domain
.ir, ایران.
Coordinates
32, 53
Area
1,648,195 km²
Population
88,386,900
GDP
$1.4T ($16.3K per person)
Literacy
85%
Landlocked
No

Currency

Iranian Rial IRR

Symbol
IRR
Minor units
None (0 decimals)
Example
‎ریال ۱٬۲۳۵

Languages

LanguageStatusShare of populationWriting
Persian faOfficial75% (66.3M)
Azerbaijani (Arabic) az-Arab24% (21.2M)
Mazanderani mzn5% (4.4M)
Gilaki glk4.6% (4.1M)
Southern Kurdish sdh4.5% (4M)
Turkmen tk2.8% (2.5M)
Northern Luri lrc2.1% (1.9M)
Arabic ar2% (1.8M)
Baluchi bal2% (1.8M)
rmt rmt1.9% (1.7M)
Bakhtiari bqi1.4% (1.2M)
luz luz1.2% (1.1M)
lki lki0.76% (671.7K)
Kara-Kalpak kaa0.67% (592.2K)
Central Kurdish ckb0.63% (556.8K)
Western Balochi bgn0.56% (495K)5%
Kurdish (Arabic) ku-Arab0.56% (495K)
prd prd0.5% (441.9K)
Armenian hy0.24% (212.1K)
Pashto ps0.16% (141.4K)
Georgian ka0.071% (62.8K)
Zoroastrian Dari gbz0.0091% (8K)
Kazakh (Arabic) kk-Arab0.0034% (3K)

Time zones

Time zoneLocal timeStandardDaylight savingName
Asia/TehranUTC+03:30noneIran Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code
+98
Dial-out prefix
00
Trunk prefix
0
National number length
4–10 digits
Emergency number
110 pattern 1(?:1[025]|25)|911

Number types

TypeNational formatInternational formatLayoutDigits
Fixed line021 2345 6789+98 21 2345 6789XXX XXXX XXXX6, 7, 10
Mobile0912 345 6789+98 912 345 6789XXXX XXX XXXX10
Universal access09601+98 9601XXXXX4, 5
Show the 4 formatting rules
Digits patternLeading digitsFormatInternational
(\d{4,5})96$1$1
(\d{2})(\d{4,5})(?:1[137]|2[13-68]|3[1458]|4[145]|5[1468]|6[16]|7[1467]|8[13467])[12689]$1 $2$1 $2
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3,4})9$1 $2 $3$1 $2 $3
(\d{2})(\d{4})(\d{4})[1-8]$1 $2 $3$1 $2 $3

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Organization}
{Name}
{State/province}
{City}, {Dependent locality}
{Street address}
{Postal code}
Predefined regions
31

Postal code

Pattern
\d{5}-?\d{5}
Examples
11936-12345

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week
Saturday
Weekend
Friday
First week of the year
Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle
24-hour (0–23), also hB
Calendars
persian, gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
Measurement system
Metric
Temperature
Celsius
Paper size
A4

Number and date formats

As written by the Persian (Iran) locale (fa-IR), amounts in IRR.

Number
۱٬۲۳۴٬۵۶۷٫۸۹۱
Percent
۴۵٫۷٪
Currency (IRR)
‎ریال ۱٬۲۳۴٬۵۶۸
Accounting
‎(ریال ۱٬۲۳۴٬۵۶۸)
Currency, name
۱٬۲۳۴٬۵۶۸ ریال ایران
Compact short
۱٫۲ میلیون
Compact long
۱٫۲ میلیون
Scientific
۱٫۲۳۵×۱۰^۶
Speed
۸۸ کیلومتر در ساعت
Temperature
۲۱٫۵°C
Date, full
۱۴۰۵ فروردین ۷, جمعه
Date, long
۷ فروردین ۱۴۰۵
Date, medium
۷ فروردین ۱۴۰۵
Date, short
۱۴۰۵/۱/۷
Time, medium
۱۵:۰۴:۰۵
Time, short
۱۵:۰۴
Date and time
۷ فروردین ۱۴۰۵، ۱۵:۰۴
Month and year
۱۴۰۵ فروردین
Weekday
جمعه
Relative time
دیروز · ۳ روز دیگر · ۲ ساعت پیش
List: and
A،‏ B، و C
List: or
A،‏ B، یا C

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