Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia.  Iran is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the northeast by Turkmenistan, to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq.

Iran’s landscape is characterised by rugged mountain ranges. The populous western parts are mountainous with the Zagros Mountains and the Alborz Mountains. The eastern part consists mainly of uninhabited desert pools with an occasional salt lake.