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Iran (IRN)

Profile

Founded	1920
Affiliated	1945
WC participations	2 (1978, 1998)
WC honours	None
Continental Titles	Asian Championships 3 times (1968, 1972, 1976), Asian Games 4 times (1974, 1990, 1998, 2002)
Facts Iran first participated in the qualifiers in 1974 and reached their first finals tournament just four years later. The team lost to Holland and Peru in Argentina, but held Scotland to a 1-1 draw. The Iranians had already proven their potential in previous years. Between 1968 and 1976, they lifted the Asian Cup on three occasions without losing a single game. In 1998 Iran qualified for a FIFA World Cup™ for the second time. They also recorded their first victory in the finals with a 2-1 defeat of the USA. However, they failed to reach the last sixteen after finding themselves in a group with Germany and Yugoslavia.

General Information

FIFA Trigramme: IRN
Country: Iran
Country (official name): Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran
Continent: Asia
Capital: Teheran
Major cities: Mashhad, Ispahan, Tabriz, Shiraz, Ahvaz, Bakhtaran, Qom, Karaj, Urumiyeh, Abadan, Rasht, Kerman
Currency: Rial
Official languages: Farsi
Motto: Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic

Population (in millions): 68.28
GDP per inhabitant (in US dollars): 7,000
Density (inhabitants per km2): 41.43 A
verage age (in years): 22.9
Life expectancy at birth (in years): 69.35

Internet code: .ir
Number of internet users: 1.326 million (2002 est.)



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