Iran Land - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

1,648,000 km²; smaller than Alaska and Washington combined; 51% desert, waste, or urban; 30% arable (16% cultivable with adequate irrigation; 14% agricultural; 11.5% cultivated); 11% forest; 8% migratory grazing and other

Land boundaries: 5,318 km (including areas belonging to Iran and now occupied by Iraq during continuing border war)

NOTE: The information regarding Iran on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iran 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iran 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.