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Section sizes

Section size for Iran (70 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	18,329	18,329
Etymology	11,911	11,911
History	85	100,585
Prehistory	8,569	8,569
Ancient Iran	13,494	13,494
Mediaeval period and Iranian Intermezzo	17,456	17,456
Early modern period	28	26,943
Safavids	6,647	6,647
Afsharids and Zands	4,987	4,987
Qajars	6,825	6,825
Constitutional Revolution and Pahlavis	8,456	8,456
1951–1978: Mosaddegh, Pahlavi and Khomeini	5,811	5,811
Iranian Revolution	7,941	7,941
Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)	5,677	5,677
Since the 1990s	14,609	14,609
Geography	7,634	29,111
Islands	12,180	12,180
Climate	3,088	3,088
Biodiversity	6,209	6,209
Government and politics	75	98,454
Supreme Leader	9,940	9,940
President	5,506	5,506
Guardian Council	2,193	2,193
Supreme National Security Council	3,131	3,131
Legislature	4,131	4,131
Law	2,298	2,298
Administrative divisions	547	547
Foreign relations	9,645	9,645
Military	15,569	15,569
Nuclear program	8,645	8,645
Regional influence	21,864	21,864
Human rights and censorship	14,910	14,910
Economy	9,416	57,421
Tourism	6,844	6,844
Agriculture and fishery	3,804	3,804
Industry and services	7,038	7,038
Transport and energy	14,867	14,867
Science and technology	6,094	14,516
Iranian Space Agency	8,422	8,422
Telecommunication	936	936
Demographics	6,194	28,810
Ethnic groups	1,955	1,955
Languages	5,321	5,321
Religion	9,549	9,549
Education	2,246	2,246
Health	3,545	3,545
Culture	40	70,931
Art	5,613	5,613
Architecture	2,677	2,677
World Heritage Sites	1,519	1,519
Weaving	3,327	3,327
Literature	3,706	3,706
Philosophy	2,240	2,240
Mythology and folklore	4,432	4,432
Museums	2,168	2,168
Music and dance	5,713	5,713
Fashion and clothing	1,108	1,108
Cinema, animation and theatre	10,931	10,931
Media	2,445	2,445
Cuisine	3,733	3,733
Sports	7,393	7,393
Observances	10,022	13,886
Public holidays	3,864	3,864
See also	65	65
Explanatory notes	150	150
References	18	91
Footnotes	39	39
Citations	34	34
Bibliography	2,945	2,945
External links	2,204	2,204
Total	421,007	421,007

SPELLING ERROR FIX[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Azerbaijan_province Spelling error, Change Azarbaijan to Azerbaijan Thx Very much bye bye

HDI is incorrect[edit]

~~The HDI given for Iran does not match the source, which should be 0.798, "high".~~

Request for permission to edit[edit]

Request for edit permission to make the following changes under the section Iran#1951–1978: Mosaddegh, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi:

Move the link to Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus to a more appropriate subsection farther down; and
Insert a newline before “=== Iranian Revolution ===” so it is recognized and rendered properly as a subsection header

—Arrandale Westmere (talk) 03:10, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 28 April 2024[edit]

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"A proloynged and gradual process of..." should be "A prolonged and gradual process of...".

This spelling mistake is in the "Mediaeval period and Iranian Intermezzo" section. Samuel Christy (talk) 02:04, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Drmies (talk) 02:05, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 30 April 2024[edit]

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"It possess the world's 14th strongest military." should be "It possesses the world's 14th strongest military."

This is in the Military subsection. Samuel Christy (talk) 15:55, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Jamedeus (talk) 17:42, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propaganda for the Iranian government[edit]

While Iran's economy has collapsed and absolute poverty in the country has reached 85% and people cannot afford to buy milk or bread, this article shows Iran as an economic superpower. It also has strange references to ancient knowledge and technologies! In the military sector and judicial system, Iran is shown as a free country with acceptable voting! It is interesting to me how many novice users were able to do this in a few months with this article. They turned Wikipedia into a propaganda site for the Iranian government. Excellent! Can you guys please, at least mention human rights in the country?! They are killing women and children just because they not wearing hijab. FreeZoneF (talk) 01:25, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Human rights violations are already mentioned, and as you have linked there is an article here on that. This is about Iran which has a very long history dating a couple thousand years before the US was created. And there exists a large amount of fault to go around on their current circumstances. O3000, Ret. (talk) 01:42, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1- The economic data are facts by the IMF, all well-sourced.

2- Human rights violations are already mentioned both at the top of the article, and on the human rights section.

3- How people of a country with a 0.780 HDI "cannot afford to buy milk or bread"?

If you have an editing request, make a reasonable one. Wikipedia is not a place to just complain...

Farnaj57 (talk) 22:35, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change km2 to km² Dadaaaaaa (talk) 21:52, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks for noticing that! Myrealnamm (💬talk · ✏️contribs) at 22:14, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted trim[edit]

This paragraph was removed [1],l it is brief and well referenced. I agree details should go into a child article, but a mention of it here with a wikilink to a more detailed article should be kept. // Timothy :: talk 23:33, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Executions[edit]

Iran executed at least 834 people in 2023, a 43 percent increase compared to 2022, according to the annual report by Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) and Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) 2A00:A041:3723:7A00:8097:F5AD:2B1D:1FC3 (talk) 14:53, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]