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Population: 70000000
Area: 1648000km²
Capital: Tehran
Currency: Iranian Rial (IRR)
Country dialing code: 98
Weights & Measures system: Metric
Electricity: 230V, 50Hz
Government type: Islamic republic
Supreme Leader (Rahbar): Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenel
President: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Religions:

89% Shi'ite Muslim, 10% Sunni Muslim, 1%Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, Baha'i

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