IRAN
Capital:
Tehran 8,154,051 (2011)
Population:
78,192,100
(2013)
Area:
1,648,195 km
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History:
Unification:
Median Empire: c. 678 BC.
Achaemenid Empire: 550 BC.
Sassanid Empire: 224 AD.
Safavid Empire: 1501.
Islamic Republic: 1. April 1979