Iran has an area of 636,296 sq. miles (1.6 million. sq. kms.), which makes it slightly larger than Alaska and twice as large as Turkey. Its population is estimated at some 64 million, 12 million of which live in the capital Tehran. Iran is a young country. Over half of the population is under the age of 18 (1). The population has doubled in the twenty years since the revolution, from 30 million to over 60 million -- in spite of the war. Iran shares borders with Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It has coastlines along the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Sea, and the Sea of Oman. Iran is a revolutionary country (2). A popular uprising overthrew the Shah, Iran's monarch, in 1979. Within a few months, Islamic revolutionaries gained control of the country under the Ayatollah Khomeini and Iran became a theocratic republic. Its legal system is inspired by the Koran and conservative Koranic teachings govern many aspects of social and political life. Iran is a country still rebuildin

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