Iran
- Country
- Iran
- Capital
- Tehran
- Continent
- Asia
- Population
- 82M
- Area
- 1,650,000 km²
- Currency
- Rial (IRR)
- TLD
- .ir
All of Iran uses the same time zone, namely Asia/Tehran. The UTC time zone offset is --, also called --. Iran does not observe daylight saving time.
Iran (Off. Islamic Republic of Iran) has a population of 82 million people with Tehran as the capital city. The official currency is Rial (IRR). Iran is locaded in Southern Asia, has an area of 1,650,000 km² and is bordering Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan.
The next holiday in Iran is Mabaas of Muhammad on January 16, 2026
2026 Holidays in Iran
- Jan 2
- Birthday of Imam Ali
- Jan 16
- Mabaas of Muhammad
- Feb 3
- Birthday of Imam Mahdi
- Feb 11
- Anniversary of Islamic Revolution
- Mar 10
- Martyrdom of Imam Ali
- Mar 20
- End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)
- Mar 20
- Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry
- Mar 21
- Holyday for Fetr Eeid
- Mar 21
- Nowruz
- Mar 22
- Nowruz
- Mar 23
- Nowruz
- Mar 24
- Nowruz
- Apr 1
- Islamic Republic Day
- Apr 2
- Sizdah Bedar
- Apr 13
- Martyrdom of Imam Jafar
- May 27
- Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
- Jun 4
- Eid al-Ghadeer
- Jun 4
- Imam Khomeini's Demise
- Jun 5
- Revolt of Khordad 15
- Jun 24
- Tasoua
- Jun 25
- Ashoura
- Aug 3
- Arbaeen-e Hosseini
- Aug 11
- Demise of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Hassan (Mujtaba)
- Aug 13
- Martyrdom of Imam Reza
- Aug 21
- Martyrdom of Imam Hassan
- Aug 30
- Birthday of Muhammad Prophet
- Nov 13
- Martyrdom of Fatima-Zahara
- Dec 22
- Birthday of Imam Ali
Largest cities in Iran
- Tehran 7.2M
- Mashhad 2.3M
- Isfahan 1.5M
- Karaj 1.4M
- Tabriz 1.4M
- Shiraz 1.2M
- Qom 900K
- Ahvaz 841K
- Pasragad Branch 788K
- Kahrīz 767K
- Kermanshah 621K
- Rasht 595K
- Kerman 578K
- Orūmīyeh 577K
- Zahedan 552K
- Hamadān 528K
- Āzādshahr 514K
- Arāk 504K
- Yazd 478K
- Ardabīl 411K
- Abadan 370K
- Zanjān 357K
- Bandar Abbas 352K
- Sanandaj 349K
- Qazvin 334K
- Khorramshahr 331K
- Khorramabad 330K
- Khomeynī Shahr 277K
- Sari 255K
- Borūjerd 252K
- Qarchak 252K
- Gorgān 245K
- Sabzevar 226K
- Najafābād 223K
- Neyshābūr 221K
- Naz̧arābād 213K
- Būkān 213K
- Sirjan 208K
- Bābol 203K
- Āmol 199K
- Bīrjand 197K
- Bojnūrd 192K
- Varāmīn 180K
- Malāyer 177K
- Sāveh 176K
- Khowy 175K
- Bushehr 165K
- Mahābād 162K
- Saqqez 151K
- Marvdasht 149K
- Rafsanjān 148K
- Īlām 141K
- Mīāndoāb 133K
- Shahrud 132K
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs 131K
- Iranshahr 131K
- Shahr-e Kord 129K
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 126K
- Semnan 125K
- Marand 124K
- Zābol 122K
- Qūchān 112K
- Masjed Soleymān 112K
- Bandar-e Anzalī 111K
- Bāneh 105K
- Pārsābād 102K
- Kūhdasht 100K
- Bam 99K
- Akbarābād 98K
- Fasā 98K
- Yasuj 97K
- Kāshmar 96K
- Dogonbadan 95K
- Kāzerūn 95K
- Ahar 94K
- Behshahr 94K
- Marīvān 92K
- Alīgūdarz 91K
- Alvand 90K
- Qorveh 88K
- Borāzjān 86K
- Shīrvān 83K
- Salmās 82K
- Bonāb 80K
- Shahre Jadide Andisheh 80K
- Behbahān 79K
- Shūshtar 78K
- Khomeyn 77K
- Nahāvand 76K
- Alvand 75K
- Nūrābād 74K
- Naqadeh 74K
- Tākestān 71K
- Mīnāb 71K
- Abhar 70K
- Dehdasht 70K
- Chālūs 70K
- Khāsh 70K
- Langarūd 68K
- Dāmghān 68K
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