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Section sizes

Section size for Iran (71 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	18,362	18,362
Etymology	10,640	10,640
History	85	101,292
Prehistory	8,577	8,577
Ancient Iran	13,506	13,506
Mediaeval period and Iranian Intermezzo	17,432	17,432
Early modern period	28	27,080
Safavids	6,971	6,971
Afsharids and Zands	5,018	5,018
Qajars	6,612	6,612
Constitutional Revolution and Pahlavis	8,451	8,451
1951–1978: Mosaddegh, Pahlavi and Khomeini	5,811	5,811
Iranian Revolution	8,115	8,115
Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)	5,677	5,677
Since the 1990s	15,009	15,009
Geography	7,530	26,832
Islands	11,504	11,504
Climate	3,001	3,001
Biodiversity	4,797	4,797
Government and politics	76	118,957
Supreme Leader	9,329	9,329
President	5,433	5,433
Guardian Council	2,285	2,285
Supreme National Security Council	4,510	4,510
Legislature	4,364	4,364
Law	2,136	2,136
Administrative divisions	547	547
Foreign relations	13,565	13,565
Military	21,610	21,610
Nuclear program	10,646	10,646
Regional influence	28,356	28,356
Human rights and censorship	16,100	16,100
Economy	8,922	66,019
Tourism	7,821	7,821
Agriculture and fishery	3,883	3,883
Industry and services	7,653	7,653
Transport	6,054	6,054
Energy	10,875	10,875
Science and technology	6,395	17,972
Iranian Space Agency	11,577	11,577
Telecommunication	2,839	2,839
Demographics	7,852	33,541
Ethnic groups	2,264	2,264
Languages	5,680	5,680
Religion	11,697	11,697
Education	2,152	2,152
Health	3,896	3,896
Culture	40	81,473
Art	6,420	6,420
Architecture	2,473	2,473
World Heritage Sites	1,704	1,704
Weaving	3,852	3,852
Literature	3,589	3,589
Philosophy	2,179	2,179
Mythology and folklore	5,049	5,049
Museums	3,065	3,065
Music and dance	7,003	7,003
Fashion and clothing	992	992
Cinema, animation and theatre	11,807	11,807
Media	2,930	2,930
Cuisine	3,915	3,915
Sports	9,589	9,589
Observances	12,202	16,866
Public holidays	4,664	4,664
See also	65	65
Explanatory notes	150	150
References	18	91
Footnotes	39	39
Citations	34	34
Bibliography	4,194	4,194
External links	2,561	2,561
Total	464,177	464,177

SPELLING ERROR FIX

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Azerbaijan_province Spelling error, Change Azarbaijan to Azerbaijan Thx Very much bye bye — Preceding undated comment added 20 May 2024 (UTC)

HDI is incorrect

~~The HDI given for Iran does not match the source, which should be 0.798, "high".~~ — Preceding undated comment added 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Executions

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Iran executed at least 834 people in 2023, a 43 percent increase compared to 2022, according to the annual report by Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) and Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) 2A00:A041:3723:7A00:8097:F5AD:2B1D:1FC3 (talk) 14:53, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

They didn't even mentioned such things in the article. This article turned into a propaganda for the Iranian government. The thing is, i cannot even edit it. FreeZoneF (talk) 00:58, 14 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 1 July 2024

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Change the format of the total nominal GDP number format from $464,181 billion to $464.181 billion for consistency with the total PPP GDP number and for consistency with other country articles. As1999610 (talk) 00:41, 1 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Done M.Bitton (talk) 15:37, 1 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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