Iran

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Iran
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A. The LANDIRAN is a relatively flat desert
country in the center, but it is quite hilly in
the north and southwest.
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• Only 10 of Irans land is suitable for farming.
  
• Very little modern farming machinery is available

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Land Forms Elburz Mnts Iran Plateau Zagros Mnts
Elburz
Iran Plateau

• B. Climate Zones
• Mediterranean
• Steppe
• Desert
• Highland

Zagros
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C. RELIGION IslamIran is Shiite Muslim 89,
Sunni Muslim 9
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D. ECONOMYMost of Irans economy is based on
the production of oil. It has a command economy
An oil derrick in 1909, in present-day Iran,
during the early days of Persian oil-field
development
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• E. PEOPLE
• Population 70 million

Persian ................................... 51 Azerbaijani ...............  24
Gilaki and Mazandarani ..........  8   Kurd ........................ 7
Arab ...................................... 3 Lur .......................... 2
Baloch ................................... 2   Turkmen .................. 2

Ethnic Divisions
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Iranian Statistics

• Life Expectancy 70 years old
• Literacy rate77 with more men than women.

• 60 Persian, some Azeri and Kurds
• Speak Persian and Turkish languages.
• 98 Muslim with 89 being Shiite.
• Infant Mortality Rate 41.11 per 1,000
• Agriculture 10.4, Industry 37.7, Services
  51.8

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CAPITALTehran population7.1 million
peopleClose to 71 of Irans total population
live in urban areas.
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G. Irans History
Irans History
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Irans History

• Iran is the former world power empire, Persia.
  Iran had been a monarchy ruled by a shah, or
  emperor, almost without interruption from 1501
  until the 1979 Iranian revolution, when Iran
  officially became an Islamic Republic on 1 April
  1979.7
• This was about 3,500 years ago.
• Persians make up the majority of Iranian people.

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Shahs

• Iran was ruled by kings called Shahs.
• Mohammed Reza Pahlavi ruled Iran from the mid
  1940s until 1979.
• He loved to collect cars and motorcycles.
• He wanted to make Iran a westernized nation.
• Some Muslims did not approve of his life style.

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Shah of Iran

• He initiated the oil industry, big business, and
  building a strong military.
• He was accused of ruling harshly.
• In 1979 a revolution forced the shah out of Iran.

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• Ayatollah Khomeini led the revolution.
• Ayatollah Khomeini was the founder and supreme
  leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The only
  leader in the Muslim world who combined political
  and religious authority as a head of state, he
  took office in 1979.
• He became the ruler of Iran.
• Khomeini designated President Ali Khamenei to
  succeed him.

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Iran Hostage Crisis

• On November 4th 1979, Iranian students took 63
  Americans hostage from the U.S. Embassy in Iran.
• President Carter called the hostages "victims of
  terrorism and anarchy", adding that the "United
  States will not yield to blackmail.
• 52 of the hostages were held for 444 days.

• They were finally released on January 20th, 1981.

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Government of Iran

• Iran is a Theocratic Republic.
• The President of Iran is Mahmud Ahmadenijad.
• Guardian Council really controls Iran.

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Iranian Government

• People can vote on a candidate that the Guardian
  Council approves.
• People vote on legislators.
• Legislators must be approved by the Guardian
  Council