iran

Area: 1.648 million sq km Land: 1.636 million sq km Arable land: 10%

Irrigated land: 94,000 sq km

Infant mortality rate: 29.04 deaths/1,000 live births

Total fertility rate: 2.02 children born/woman

Religions: Shi’a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha’i 1%

Ethnic groups: Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%

Judicial System: Supreme Court

Legal System: the Constitution codifies Islamic principles of government

GDP per capita: $6,300 GDP — agriculture: 24% industry: 28% services: 48%

Unemployment rate: 14% Literacy — male: 78.4% female: 65.8%

Exports: $25 billion Commodities: petroleum 85%, carpets, fruits and nuts, iron and steel, chemicals

Exports partners: Japan, Italy, UAE, South Korea, France, China

Imports: $15 billion Commodities: industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services, military supplies Imports partners: Germany, South Korea, Italy, UAE, France, Japan

Telephones — main lines in use: 6.313 million Internet Service Providers: 8

Manpower fit for military service: 10,872,407

Military expenditures: $5.787 billion — 2.9% of GDP