Iranian rials (IRR) per US dollar - 9,142.8 (2008 est.), 9,407.5 (2007), 9,227.1 (2006), 8,964 (2005), 8,614 (2004) note: Iran has been using a managed floating exchange rate regime since unifying multiple exchange rates in March 2002
nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.500%
1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2
0
Location
Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan
Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
Area
1,648,195 km sq
1,285,216 km sq
Coastline
2,440 km
2,414 km
Climate
mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes