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Answer
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What is the capital of Iran?
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Tehran
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What inland sea does Iran border to the north?
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Caspian Sea
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What is the Persian name for the Persian languague?
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Farsi
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What is the smallest country Iran borders?
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Armenia
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What is the largest country Iran borders?
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Pakistan
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What ethnic-based region is shared by that country?
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Balochistan
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Iran is the only non-African country with a native population of what big cat?
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Cheetah
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In what region is Iran mostly located?
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Iranian Plateau
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What city was the capital of the Safavid dynasty between 1598–1736?
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Isfahan
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What is the second largest ethnic group in Iran after the Persians?
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Azerbaijani
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What strait is located between Iran and Arabia?
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Strait of Hormuz
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What gulf does the above connect to the Persian Gulf?
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Gulf of Oman
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What historical wine-city is considered to be the cultural capital of Iran?
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Shiraz
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What mountain range, starting with Z, is located between Iran and Iraq?
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Zagros Mountains
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What ethnic-based region is shared by Iraq, Syria and Turkey?
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Kurdistan
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What three-letter city is the religious capital of Iran?
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Qom
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What was the ancient capital of Persia until Alexander the Great's invasion?
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Persepolis
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What shallow lake was once the largest lake in the Middle East before shrinking?
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Lake Urmia
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After what religious leader of the Iranian Revolution is the busiest airport in the capital named?
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Ruhollah Khomeini
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What is the main port of Iran?
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Bandar Abbas
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