POPULATION 70 million
AGED 15 to 30 40%
IN URBAN AREAS 60%
Tehran (Capital) 11 million
Mashad 2 million
Esfahan 1.5 million
LITERACY 80%
INTERNET USE 11%
LANGUAGE Persian (Farsi)
ALSO SPOKEN Arabic,
Kurdish, Luri,
Turkic, Baluchi
RELIGION Shiite Muslim 95%
Sunni Muslim 4%
Christian, Jewish,
Zoroastian 1%
POLITICS Islamic theocracy