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Was once LED by Saddam Hussein
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Its capital city of tehran
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The Tigris and euphrates Rivers run through it
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Borders the caspian sea
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Has a majority Shia muslim population
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Has two official languages
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Its most powerful leaders are elected democratically
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More tha. 5% of the population is kurdish
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Does not recognize Israel
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Invaded the other in the beginning of the iran-iraq war
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Is a member of OPEC, the organization of petroleum exporting countries
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Woman are required by law to wear a headscarf
(Hijab) in public
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Basra is one of its major cities
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Where the world's first system of writing was developed around 3200 BC
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Is home to asia's only wild cheetah population