The Government of Iran
Overview
- Capital: Tehran
- Administrative regions: 31 provinces
- Government & legal system: Islamic republic combining an elected president/parliament with overarching clerical authority (the Supreme Leader); civil law system with an Islamic (Sharia) law basis.
- Head of state / government: Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader (ultimate constitutional authority); Masoud Pezeshkian, President (head of government) (official page)
- Official language(s): Persian/Farsi (official)
- National Day: February 11 (Islamic Revolution Day, 1979)
- Independence: Not applicable — ancient state, not a colonial-independence case; 1979 marks the founding of the current Islamic Republic
- Other official holidays: Nowruz (Mar 20–21), Islamic Republic Day (Apr 1)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (official site)
- Regional / international memberships: United Nations/ UN, Organization of Islamic Cooperation/ OIC, Shanghai Cooperation Organization/ SCO, Economic Cooperation Organization/ ECO, Non-Aligned Movement
- Visa / entry requirements: E-visa system available for most nationalities. (visa info)
- Currency: Iranian rial (IRR) — notes depict mosques, Islamic Revolution landmarks, and national monuments; individual portraiture is not used under current Islamic Republic convention.
- Flag symbolism: Horizontal green-white-red tricolor with the national emblem centered in white and ‘Allahu Akbar’ repeated 22 times in Kufic script along the green and red borders — green represents Islam and growth, white represents peace, red represents courage and martyrdom.
