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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. History &Current Events Elamite Empire 2500-644 BCE Median Empire 728-550 BCE Achaemenid Empire 550-330 BCE Seleucid Empire 306-c 150 BCE Parthian Empire 247 BCE 224 CE Sassania Empire 224-642 CE Islamic Conquest 636 CE Saffarid Dynasty 861-900 CE Samanid Dynasty 819-999 CE Zivarid Dynasty 927-1043 CE Ghaznavid Dynasty 962-1186 CE Safavid Empire 1502-1736 Afsharid Dynasty 1736-1757 Zand Dynasty 1757-1794 Qajar Dynasty 1794-1925 Pahlavi Dynasty 1925-1979 Islamic Revolution 1979

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

8. 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

9. 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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