Iran has a developing mixed economy that is centrally planned through its large public sector. With a population of over 90 million, the Iranian economy is supported by an industrial manufacturing bas
Tehran, the economic capital and financial centre of Iran
Persian Achaemenid gold coin, circa 490 BC
Socioeconomic expenditures, 2004
Inflation rate, 1980–2010
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian S
Economy of Iran
…Iran has a developing mixed economy that is centrally planned through its large public sector. With a population of over 90 million, the Iranian economy is…
Chogha Zanbil is one of the few extant ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia and considered the best-preserved example in the world.
The Saffarid dynasty in 900 AD
Reza Shah with then-Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at Persepolis, c. 1939
The coronation of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Iranian coronation, held in 1967