| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Africa & The Middle East |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Theocratic Republic |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%. |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2%. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1% |
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