Iran

E3491
Islamic republic country in the Middle East sovereign state

Iran is a Middle Eastern country that, after being occupied by British and Soviet forces in 1941, aligned with the Allies in World War II and served as a crucial supply corridor to the Soviet Union.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Iran canonical 2,795
Islamic Republic of Iran 117
Persia 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic republic ⓘ
country in the Middle East ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
alignedWith Allies of World War II ⓘ
callingCode +98 ⓘ
capital Tehran ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
corridorName Persian Corridor ⓘ
country Iran self-link ⓘ
currency Iranian rial ⓘ
dateOfUNMembership 1945-10-24 ⓘ
demonym Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iranian
drivesOn right ⓘ
event Iranian Revolution ⓘ
formerName Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Persia
governmentType unitary Islamic republic ⓘ
hasBorderWith Afghanistan ⓘ
Armenia ⓘ
Azerbaijan ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
hasCoastOn Caspian Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Supreme Leader ⓘ
hostedConference Tehran Conference ⓘ
lastShah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ
leadersAtTehranConference President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
majorBranchOfIslam Shia Islam ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
monarchUntil 1979 ⓘ
occupationStartYear 1941 ⓘ
occupiedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
officialLanguage Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
officialName Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
roleInWorldWarII supply corridor to the Soviet Union ⓘ
strategicRoleInWWII logistical route for Lend-Lease supplies ⓘ
typeOfMonarchyUntil1979 constitutional monarchy ⓘ
UNMemberState true ⓘ
yearOfIslamicRevolution 1979 ⓘ
yearOfTehranConference 1943 ⓘ

Referenced by (2,928)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allies of World War II → included → Iran ⓘ
Tehran Conference → country → Iran ⓘ
Pakistan → borderCountry → Iran ⓘ
Turkey → borderCountry → Iran ⓘ
Asia → containsCountry → Iran ⓘ
Member States of the United Nations → includes → Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
Caucasus → borderedBy → Iran ⓘ
Middle East → includesCountry → Iran ⓘ
Soviet embassy in Tehran → location → Iran ⓘ
Soviet embassy in Tehran → hostCountry → Iran ⓘ
Iran → country → Iran self-link ⓘ
Iran → demonym → Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iranian
Iran → formerName → Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persia
Iran → officialName → Iran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
Persian Gulf → borderedBy → Iran ⓘ
Persian language → primaryCountry → Iran ⓘ
Persian language → officialLanguageOf → Iran ⓘ
Persian language → region → Iran ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script → primaryUseRegion → Iran ⓘ
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → borderedBy → Iran ⓘ
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation → hasObserverState → Iran ⓘ
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Iran ⓘ
Russian Empire → borderedBy → Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persia
Tehran → country → Iran ⓘ
Tehran → capitalOf → Iran ⓘ
Tehran → largestCityOf → Iran ⓘ
Eureka Conference → country → Iran ⓘ
Mesopotamia → modernTerritoryIncludes → Iran ⓘ
Iraq → borderCountry → Iran ⓘ
Armenians → diasporaPresence → Iran ⓘ
Kurds → countryOfResidence → Iran ⓘ
Kurds → recognizedMinorityIn → Iran ⓘ
Caucasus Viceroyalty → borderedBy → Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persia
Azerbaijanis → associatedCountry → Iran ⓘ
OPEC → foundingMember → Iran ⓘ
OPEC → memberState → Iran ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate → expandedTo → Iran ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews → countryOfOrigin → Iran ⓘ
Indian Ocean → hasMajorRimCountry → Iran ⓘ
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean → servesCountry → Iran ⓘ
Gulf Arabic → spokenIn → Iran ⓘ
Assyrians → majorPopulationCenter → Iran ⓘ
Assyrians → recognizedAsIndigenousIn → Iran ⓘ
Assyrians → minorityStatusIn → Iran ⓘ
Abbasid Caliphate → territoryIncludes → Iran ⓘ
Eurasia → contains → Iran ⓘ
Chagai, Balochistan → bordersWith → Iran ⓘ
subject surface form: Chagai District
Afghanistan → borderCountry → Iran ⓘ
Kartvelian languages → spokenIn → Iran ⓘ
Mesopotamian Arabic → region → Iran ⓘ