Time zone: GMT + 3.5 hours
Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan.
Capital: Tehran
Currency: Iranian rial (currency code IRR)
Languages: Persian and Persian dialects 60%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 25%, Kurdish 10%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%.
Airport authority contact information: Ministry of Roads and Transportation, Tehran. Telephone: +98 (0)21 646 9732
Airports: In 2005 Iran had 303 airports, only 125 of which have paved runways, the most significant of which are:
Abadan Airport
Babolsar Airport
Badar Lengeh Airport
Bakhtaran Airport
Bandar Abbas Airport
Birjand Airport
Bushehr Airport
Chah Bahar Airport
Hamadan Airport
Isfahan Airport
Jam Airport
Kerman Airport
Khanek Airport
Khark Island Airport
Khomeini Airport
Kish Island Airport
Lavan Airport
Mahshahr Airport
Mashad Airport
Now Shahr Airport
Orumieh Airport
Ramsar Airport
Rasht Airport
Sanandaj Airport
Sary Dashte Naz
Shiraz Airport
Sirri Island Airport
Wichita Airport
Yazd Airport Airport
Zahedan Airport
