Fascinating Iran

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1. How many countries does Iran share a border with? 6 7 5 8

2. Who was the last Shah of Iran? Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Muzaffar ed-Din Reza Pahlavi Sultan Ahmed

3. Islam is the main religion in Iran but which branch? Sunni Shia Sufi Wahhabi

4. Iranian Shirin Ebadi was in the news in 2003 for winning a Nobel Prize. Which one? Medicine Peace Chemistry Economics

5. The Persians are the largest ethnic grouping in Iran but what group is the second largest? Arabs Kurds Azeris Turkmen

6. What is the official language of Iran? Farsi Turkic Arabic Kurdish

7. What was the name of the throne of Iran (Persia)? The Chrysanthemum Throne The Peacock Throne The DragonThrone The Lily Throne

8. Who was elected president of Iran in 1997 and again in 2001? Mohammed Mossadeq Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammed Khatami Ali Khamenei

9. What is the name of the waterway which was a major cause of the Iran-Iraq War? Strait of Hormuz Shatt al-Arab Persian Gulf Caspian Sea

10. What is the name of the mountain range which divides the Iranian capital, Tehran, from the Caspian Sea? Zagros Atlas Caucasus Alborz