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Section sizes

Section size for Iran (60 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	14,765	14,765
Etymology	10,667	10,667
History	5,922	21,757
Since the 1990s	15,835	15,835
Geography	7,530	26,830
Islands	11,503	11,503
Climate	3,001	3,001
Biodiversity	4,796	4,796
Government and politics	76	119,624
Supreme Leader	8,829	8,829
President	6,063	6,063
Guardian Council	2,285	2,285
Supreme National Security Council	4,510	4,510
Legislature	4,361	4,361
Law	2,121	2,121
Administrative divisions	1,160	1,160
Foreign relations	13,656	13,656
Military	21,388	21,388
Nuclear programme	10,659	10,659
Regional influence	28,419	28,419
Human rights and censorship	16,097	16,097
Economy	8,675	64,479
Tourism	7,829	7,829
Agriculture and fishery	3,882	3,882
Industry and services	7,739	7,739
Transport	6,017	6,017
Energy	11,299	11,299
Science and technology	6,735	17,799
Iranian Space Agency	11,064	11,064
Telecommunication	1,239	1,239
Demographics	7,810	33,612
Ethnic groups	2,264	2,264
Languages	5,725	5,725
Religion	11,723	11,723
Education	2,165	2,165
Health	3,925	3,925
Culture	40	81,197
Art	6,735	6,735
Architecture	2,295	2,295
World Heritage Sites	1,702	1,702
Weaving	4,075	4,075
Literature	3,589	3,589
Philosophy	2,165	2,165
Mythology and folklore	5,035	5,035
Museums	2,670	2,670
Music and dance	6,861	6,861
Fashion and clothing	1,005	1,005
Cinema, animation and theatre	11,803	11,803
Media	2,940	2,940
Cuisine	3,914	3,914
Sports	9,585	9,585
Observances	12,119	16,783
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	2,364	2,364
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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)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 6 January 2025

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Change Iran's gdp to the latest data available.

Here's the international Monetary fund website regarding the information you asked me to provide.

https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2024/October/weo-report?c=429,&s=NGDPD,PPPGDP,NGDPDPC,PPPPC,&sy=2022&ey=2027&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1

You can see the changes to the GDP, GDP PER CAPITA and the GNI (PPP) Update the information accordingly.

The sources to the last version of the GDP (2024) are from the same source (IMF) Rezaezatiofficial (talk) 11:40, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@RezaezatiofficialSome of them are blue, maybe meaning predicted, this request is too soon to edit. -Lemonaka 15:10, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Capital City Change

Tehran remains the capital for now, but Iranian state media has been talking about moving the capital to the Gulf more and more often.

Would it be appropriate to include this in the capital section? Something like "Capital: Tehran, Makran (pending)" AuthorOfOne (talk) 11:41, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@AuthorOfOne: Needs confirmation in an independent, reliable source. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 11:47, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah that's reasonable.

When you say independent, reliable source, what would be the requirements for that? Are there specific publishers that Wikipedia considers more reliable than others? I can't imagine that state media would be considered independent but it would also presumably be the first to know? AuthorOfOne (talk) 12:41, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]