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The Iranian Flag
Emmett Green
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>Relative Location-Between Iraq and Pakistan
>Absolute Location-32o North, 53o East
>Movement-331 airports in Iran and 8,367 kilometers of
railway
>Physical Place-mountains, rugged, small, arid, and semiarid
Iran on a map
>Iran, used to be called Persia in ancient times was by ruled by people like
Darius and Cyrus and Cyrus the Great. 550 B.C. through 331 B.C.
> Persians ruled with a government founded by the Safavid Dynasty in the 1500’s.
>In 1995 the United States imposed a full trade embargo on Iran after instituting it a
terrorist country.
A site called Taq-a-Boston near the heart of the Zagros Mountains.
>13,100$ GDP in Iran compared to
48,000$ GDP in United States
>89% of people in Iran can read
>39.93 babies die per 1,000 births
> 23% of people own cars
>25% of people own televisions
A busy street in Tehran, Iran
Iran is a monarchy by democratic theorists meaning one person holds the power.
Iran’s current president is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
>Muslim
>Persian, or Farsi, Kurds, Lurs, Balichi
>Some custom/holidays are: Khomeini’s Exile on May 4th, and
Khomeini’s Death on May 5th
>Men have beards and dress western style
>Women are encouraged to dress head to toe in public
Typical clothing in Iran
>Population-65, 397, 501 people live in Iran
>Growth Rate-0.782
>Life Expectancy
(Male) 69
(Women) 72
>Literacy Rate
(Male) 88%
(Female) 77%
Schoolgirls and a school teacher
>Women were discharged from military service in 2008
>Internet access and speed is limited by the law but some café’s have internet
>Other natural resources are manganese, sulfur, zinc, copper, natural gas,
petroleum, coal, chromium, iron ore, and lead
>Tehran, Iran is 6349.33 miles away from Washington D.C.
>Tehran Iran is 8 ½ hours ahead of Washington D.C.
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