Iran
1,622,847 km² · 17th largest of 193
Land borders
Nearest countries
- Bahrain · 840 km
- Kuwait · 840 km
- Qatar · 880 km
- Turkmenistan · 900 km
- United Arab Emirates · 980 km
- Afghanistan · 1050 km
Size
Facts that mention Iran
Where was the highest reliably recorded air temperature on Earth?
Death Valley, California
Furnace Creek recorded 56.7 C in 1913, a figure still debated, and 54.4 C as recently as 2020-21. Ground temperatures in Iran's Lut Desert are higher but those are surface, not air.
How many time zone offsets are actually in use around the world?
About 38
Twenty-four is the tidy answer and the wrong one. Half-hour and quarter-hour offsets in India, Nepal, Iran, parts of Australia and elsewhere, plus offsets beyond UTC+12, bring the real count to around 38.
Why is saffron the most expensive spice by weight?
It is all picked by hand
Roughly 150,000 flowers are needed for a kilogram of dried saffron, and every stigma is picked by hand in a short season. Iran produces the large majority.