Presented to you by: Corey Wenschhof Jonathan R. The Tour of Iran

Location of Iran Iran’s location is surrounded by Afghanistan, Pakistan, Soviet Union, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iraq. In Iran most of the land is desert such as the Near Yzad desert.

Some more land Iran could be divided into the major river basins. The Central Plateau in the middle, Lake Orumieh basin in the North-West. The Persian Gulf, and also the Gulf of Oman in the West and South. Iran’s natural hazards are pretty harsh. Hazards Iran has to deal with is periodic droughts, floods, dust storms, sand storms, and earthquakes.

Native Wildlife Iran has animals such as wild boar, bears, eagles, pheasant, cattle, horses, panthers, and wild pigs. Iran’s common vegetation include brown soil as far as forest climate soils.

Government Iran’s emperor is Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Other political leaders are the leader of the revolution is Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini

History &Current Events Elamite Empire BCE Median Empire BCE Achaemenid Empire BCE Seleucid Empire 306-c 150 BCE Parthian Empire 247 BCE 224 CE Sassania Empire CE Islamic Conquest 636 CE Saffarid Dynasty CE Samanid Dynasty CE Zivarid Dynasty CE Ghaznavid Dynasty CE Safavid Empire Afsharid Dynasty Zand Dynasty Qajar Dynasty Pahlavi Dynasty Islamic Revolution 1979

Economy Industry- oil Major exports - petroleum - carpet - agricultural products - minerals Literacy- 87 th among 139 countries Currency- Iranian rial (IRR)

Culture Woman wear “lappa” and bubal Man wear “vai shirt” and “thousers” Most of the Iran food have vegetables They speak Farsi 90% population are Muslim religious buildings

Place to visit Tehran Pasargadae city Soltsniyeh Takht-E-soleyman Tchogha Zanbil I the city tourist attraction Historical attractions- tchogha Zabnil, persepolis, takht-E-Soleyman, and bam

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