Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
■ Iran is located in the Middle East bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Gulf and the Caspian Sea between Iraq and Pakistan.
■ Iran occupies 1,648 million square kilometres and is one fifth the size of America.
■ The population of Iran currently stands at 66 million and 12 million people live in the capital Tehran.
■The city of Isfahan is 2,500 years old and served as Persia’s capital from 1598 to 1722. ■ Shiraz is the capital of Fars province and Farsi (Persian) is the language of the Ancient Fars. Persian has become the official language of Iran.
