Editing Geography of Iran (section)

==Area and boundaries==
[[File:Jaz Murian satellite.jpg|thumb|Satellite view of southern Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman]]
{{further|Provinces of Iran}}
;Area:
:*total: {{convert|1648195|km2|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.TOTL.K2|title=Land area (sq. km) – Data|website=data.worldbank.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185313/http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.TOTL.K2|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>
:**''country rank in the world:'' 17th
:*land: {{convert|1531595|km2|abbr=on}}
:*water: {{convert|116600|km2|abbr=on}}

;Area – comparative:
:* Australia comparative: slightly smaller than [[Queensland]]
:* Canada comparative: slightly larger than [[Quebec]]
:* United States comparative: slightly larger than [[Alaska]]
:* [[European Union|EU]] comparative: slightly more than three times the size of [[Metropolitan France]]

;Land boundaries:
:*total:
:**{{convert|5894|km}}
:**border countries: [[Afghanistan]] {{convert|921|km}}, [[Armenia]] {{convert|44|km}}, [[Azerbaijan]]-proper {{convert|432|km}}, Azerbaijan-[[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]] exclave {{convert|179|km}}, [[Iraq]] {{convert|1599|km}}, [[Pakistan]] {{convert|909|km}}, [[Turkey]] {{convert|534|km}}, [[Turkmenistan]] {{convert|1148|km}}.

;Maritime boundaries:
:*[[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[UAE|United Arab Emirates]], [[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Turkmenistan]]

;Coastline:
:* {{convert|2815|km}}
:** note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea, for {{convert|740|km}}

;Maritime claims:
:* territorial sea: {{convert|12|nmi|km mi|1|abbr=on}}
:* contiguous zone: {{convert|24|nmi|km mi|1|abbr=on|lk=on}}
:* [[exclusive economic zone]]: {{convert|168718|km2|mi2|0|abbr=on}} with bilateral agreements, or median lines in the [[Persian Gulf]]
:* continental shelf: [[natural prolongation]]

;Elevation extremes:
:* lowest point: [[Caspian Sea]] {{convert|-28|m}}
:* highest point: [[Mount Damavand]] {{convert|5610|m}}