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Identity
Regime
Theocratic Islamic republic
Capital
Tehran
Population
89,000,000
Area
1,648,195 km²
Currency
IRR
Executive
Head of State
Mojtaba Khamenei
2026
2026
Head of Government
Masoud Pezeshkian
2024
2024
Cabinet (size)
4
Parliament
290 seats
1 chamber(s)
1 chamber(s)
Governance
V-Dem (0-1)
0.16
#152
#152
Freedom House
10/100
Not Free
Not Free
CPI corruption
23/100
#153
#153
Press RSF
17/100
#177
#177
Economy
GDP (B$)
363 Md$
2025
2025
GDP / capita
3,924 $
2025
2025
Growth %
-2.8 %
2025
2025
Inflation %
42.2 %
2025
2025
Unemployment %
8.3 %
2025
2025
Defense & nuclear
Defense budget
7.5 Md$
2.1 %PIB · #37
2.1 %PIB · #37
Nuclear posture
latent
Listed military units
0
International posture
Sanctions
US · UE · ONU
Chokepoints
Détroit d'Ormuz
Alliances
BRICS · OCS · OCI · UN · OPEC
Alignment USA · RUS · CHN
14% · 84% · 88%
UN vote
UN vote
Treaties ratified (of 10)
3/10