Iran

Iran is one of the World’s oldest countries. There is evidence of settlements in Iran that go almost 5,000 years ago. Land of green valleys and barren deserts in the Middle East of Asia.

Tehran is the capital and country largest city. Know first as the Persian Empire not only Iran but in a vast territory of southwestern Asia and parts of Europe and Africa.

Foreign powers have occupied Iran from time to time since the early years. The most important invasion is the one of the mid 600’s when Muslim Arabs took charge of the country having a lasting effect on its culture. The Muslim Caliphs (religious leaders) are the first ones to govern the country for about 200 years. During the Muslim Arab reign, the Islamic faith spread throughout Iran and up today, most of the Iranians are Muslims.

In Iran, early 1900’s, discovery of oil gives the country an enormous source of wealth. The King that reign Iran from 1925 until 1941, Reza Shah Pahlavi, and his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which reign until 1979, use all the revenue from the oil export to promote economic and social development. Revolutionaries, rule by the religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, took control of Iran after 1979, putting an end the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi regime. Revolutionaries change the government from being a constitutional monarchy to an Islamic republic.

The new policies led the Islamic take control over all areas just to end with economic problems to the nation, and strained relations between Iran and Western countries. Government after the Revolution of 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini and his follower’s draft a Constitution for the new Islamic Republic base on teaching the Islam, went in effect in December 1979. Under the constitution, the Nation supre...

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...he country’s chief manufactured products are brick, cement, food products, petroleum products, and textiles. Iranian factories also produce chemicals, leather goods, machine tools, refined copper, steel and tobacco products. Mining accounts for about 9 percent of Iran’s gross domestic products and employs about 1 percent of the nation’s workers. Petroleum is by far Iran’s most important mineral product. The country’s oil fields contain about 48 billion barrels of petroleum. The Trade petroleum accounts for more than 90 percent of the total value of Iran’s exports. The country also exports caviar, cotton, dried fruits, mineral ores, nuts and spices. Its leading imports include electric appliances, food, industrial machinery, medicine, and military equipment. Trading partners include Germany Italy, Japan, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom