Iran

Capital City: Tehran

People: Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%

Religion: Muslim 98% (Shi'a 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%

Language: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%

Currency: Iranian Rial

Electrical Voltage: 220 volts

How to get there:
By plane: Most overseas travelers from Europe will arrive at Mehrabad airport in Tehran. By now most flights from the Middle East, Central and South Asia land at the new Imam Khomeini International Airport based 37km southwest of Tehran and it is planned to move all international flights to this airport within the next few years

By rail: International passenger trains for Iran run weekly to/from Istanbul (Turkey) and Damascus (Syria).

By car: Many people drive to Iran via Turkey, in the absence of cheap flights.

Weather: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast

Travel Documentation and Custom Duty: Check with local Iranian Consulate

Getting Around: Airplane, Bus, Trains, Taxis

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