Travel Alert Status
Level 4: Do Not Travel
Time Difference:
UTC+3.5 (8.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Travel Climate:
mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Travel Currency:
Iranian rial (IRR)
Language Spoken:
The official language in Iran is Persian, but many other languages or dialects are spoken.
Languages:
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
Ethnic Groups:
Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%
National Holiday:
Republic Day, 1 April (1979)
Geographic Coordinates:
32 00 N, 53 00 E
Location:
Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan
Airports:
140