Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.
Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and Shah Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI was forced into exile. Conservative clerical forces led by Ayatollah Ruhollah KHOMEINI established a theocratic system of government with ultimate political authority vested in a religious scholar known as the Supreme Leader, who is accountable only to the Assembly of Experts -- an elected 88-member body of clerics.
Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain
31 on file. Listed because operations, tax and reporting are usually organised at this level rather than nationally.
| Name | Type | Code |
|---|---|---|
| West Azarbaijan | Province | IR-02 |
| East Azarbaijan | Province | IR-01 |
| Ardebil | Province | IR-03 |
| Gilan | Province | IR-19 |
| Kordestan | Province | IR-16 |
| Kermanshah | Province | IR-17 |
| Ilam | Province | IR-05 |
| Khuzestan | Province | IR-10 |
| North Khorasan | Province | IR-31 |
| Golestan | Province | IR-27 |
| Razavi Khorasan | Province | IR-30 |
| South Khorasan | Province | IR-29 |
| Sistan and Baluchestan | Province | IR-13 |
| Bushehr | Province | IR-06 |
| Hormozgan | Province | IR-23 |
| Mazandaran | Province | IR-21 |
| Semnan | Province | IR-12 |
| Zanjan | Province | IR-11 |
| Qazvin | Province | IR-28 |
| Markazi | Province | IR-22 |
| Esfahan | Province | IR-04 |
| Chahar Mahall and Bakhtiari | Province | IR-08 |
| Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad | Province | IR-18 |
| Fars | Province | IR-14 |
| Kerman | Province | IR-15 |
| Hamadan | Province | IR-24 |
| Lorestan | Province | IR-20 |
| Yazd | Province | IR-25 |
| Qom | Province | IR-26 |
| Tehran | Province | IR-07 |
| Alborz | Province | IR-07 |
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Roarcry · the church
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