With a population of over 90 million, Iran ranks 17th globally in both geographic size and population and is the sixth-largest country in Asia. Iran is divided into five regions with 31 …

Dec 2, 2025 · Iran, a mountainous, arid, and ethnically diverse country of southwestern Asia. The country maintains a rich and distinctive cultural and social continuity dating back to the …

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1 day ago · Iran's health minister praises Iranian medical community on National Doctors' Day First successful humeral bone transplant from cadaver performed in Iran’s Mazandaran

Dec 1, 2025 · Tehran is grappling with a water crisis so severe the Iranian president has suggested people may need to evacuate, and the situation goes well beyond the capital. The …

3 days ago · Fifty-five Iranians deported from the United States will return to their home country in the coming days, Iran's foreign ministry said on Sunday, in the second such deportation under …

4 days ago · But after the 12-day war, people in Iran found themselves caught at the intersection of the regime’s war against its own people, and war between the governments of the Islamic …

Feb 24, 2021 · Iran is a mountainous country in Western Asia. Iran is situated both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. Iran is bordered by Armenia and Azerbaijan in the …

Nov 21, 2025 · Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. The situation in Tehran is …