IRAN
Iran is a large country bordered by Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, with coastline along the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Caspian Sea. It is home to one of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations, with the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty in the 6th century BCE representing one of the largest empires in ancient history, and its cultural, literary, and scientific contributions have had a measurable influence on the broader Islamic world and beyond.
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