Two large systems of internal reliefs cross the Iranian plateau diagonally and converge to the south, where they merge with the marginal ranges. The first runs from Azerbaijan to Makran in the NW-SE direction .; often elevated over 3000 m., it...
With this name, the great plateau, surrounded by mountainous reliefs, which rises between Mesopotamia and the Indus valley, facing the Caspian and Turanian depressions to the north and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea to the south, and forming the...
Political system Since 1979, Iran has a constitution based on the revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s idea of a state based on religious grounds, a state of God (theocracy). Islamic law, sharia, forms the basis of Iranian law and religious courts....
