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February 21, 2009	Good article reassessment	Delisted
December 21, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
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Section sizes

Section size for Iran (87 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	14,106	14,106
Name	37	37
History	80	63,584
Antiquity	1,913	9,625
Achaemenid Empire	3,732	3,732
The Parthian and Sasanian Empires	3,980	3,980
Medieval period	1,078	11,605
Early Islamic rule and regional resistance in Iran	1,281	1,281
The Abbasid revolution and Iranian Renaissance	2,123	2,123
Islamization and Persianization	1,061	1,061
The Seljuks and the Mongol invasions	1,913	1,913
The Ilkhanate and aftermath	1,851	1,851
Timur and the rise of new powers	2,298	2,298
Early modern period	1,946	6,611
Collapse of the Safavid Empire and successor dynasties	955	955
Nader Shah and the shifting balance of power	1,602	1,602
Rise of the Qajar dynasty and foreign interference	2,108	2,108
20th century up to the Iranian Revolution	73	7,738
Constitutional Revolution and the rise of the Pahlavi dynasty	2,870	2,870
World War II and post-occupation instability	1,846	1,846
Mosaddeq and the Shah's rule	2,949	2,949
The Islamic Revolution, Khamenei, and after	1,933	27,925
Khomeini, Iran-Iraq War, and leadership transition	2,811	2,811
Khamenei era	782	23,181
Reform era (1989–2005)	744	744
Iranian nuclear program, principalist dominance (2005–2024)	14,766	14,766
Alleged nuclear breakout attempt, 2025 war (2025–present)	6,889	6,889
Geography	7,508	26,710
Islands	11,324	11,324
Climate	2,995	2,995
Biodiversity	4,883	4,883
Government and politics	94	119,473
Supreme Leader	10,736	10,736
President	6,357	6,357
Guardian Council	2,277	2,277
Supreme National Security Council	4,253	4,253
Legislature	4,055	4,055
Law	1,737	1,737
Administrative divisions	1,154	1,154
Foreign relations	17,168	17,168
Military	18,483	18,483
Nuclear programme	10,665	10,665
Regional influence	26,453	26,453
Human rights and censorship	16,041	16,041
Economy	10,521	59,614
Tourism	6,362	6,362
Agriculture and fishery	3,633	3,633
Industry and services	7,635	7,635
Transport	49	49
Energy	11,826	11,826
Science and technology	7,336	18,349
Iranian Space Agency	11,013	11,013
Telecommunication	1,239	1,239
Demographics	7,456	33,173
Ethnic groups	3,112	3,112
Languages	4,645	4,645
Religion	11,590	11,590
Education	2,126	2,126
Health	4,244	4,244
Culture	40	78,451
Art	6,614	6,614
Architecture	1,832	1,832
World Heritage Sites	1,704	1,704
Weaving	4,060	4,060
Literature	3,603	3,603
Philosophy	2,179	2,179
Mythology and folklore	5,005	5,005
Museums	2,351	2,351
Music and dance	6,820	6,820
Fashion and clothing	1,018	1,018
Cinema, animation and theatre	11,753	11,753
Media	2,925	2,925
Cuisine	3,913	3,913
Sports	9,378	9,378
Observances	10,539	15,256
Public holidays	4,717	4,717
See also	38	38
Explanatory notes	150	150
References	30	30
Bibliography	20	10,078
Encyclopaedia Iranica	2,904	2,904
Books	7,154	7,154
External links	180	2,630
Government	582	582
History	150	150
Tourism	89	89
Maps	1,629	1,629
Total	408,074	408,074

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 4 March 2025

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Change the date of "December 2025" relating to the fall of the Assad regime in the foreign relations section. This happened in 2024, and December 2025 has not occurred yet. 47.161.26.74 (talk) 03:21, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed.... Thank you for pointing this out.Moxy🍁 03:27, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

110 sustained brain injuries

it was 109 in all the source, its in the history around 2020, also it doesnt say anyone suffered any other injuries or died should be made clear 2600:387:15:2C16:0:0:0:5 (talk) 22:31, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Revert English variety to American English due to variant change to British English in disregard of the American English template

Recently, this article's variety has been changed to British English, due to the American English variety disregarding the edit notice on the page. However, this article used American English for years before the edit notice to use British was added. The Iran article as of February 2017 contains mostly American spelling (recognized, center, urbanization, color, program). However, in August 2022, a British English template was added in disregard of the American spelling in the article.

VTSGsRock (talk) 16:01, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes you are right the original contains “transportation” whereas us Brits say “transport”. I have changed the template. Chidgk1 (talk) 17:08, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaguar I don't know why the British English template was added to the editnotice in August 2022 even though the article already had American English. Could you change the editnotice and text to American English as well? VTSGsRock (talk) 23:50, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't remember. It probably was written in British English originally, and should remain that way to be frank. ♦ JAGUAR 11:19, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaguar I see you are also a Brit. Perhaps you are younger than me and so use the word “transportation” rather than “transport”. But I am sure at the time the article was created that “transportation” was US English not British. Chidgk1 (talk) 17:50, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 21 June 2025

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It seems to me that the google search link description to this page has been vandalised an hour ago.

The edit seems to want to focus public opinion towards a single aspect of the country, namely its current government, thus encouraging hostile bias against Iran.

For responsible editing and a fairer introduction to the iranian people, I suggest changing the google search link description and picture (currently a black and white picture of clerics),

FROM: "Iran is officially governed as a unitary Islamic republic, with a presidential system and a supreme leader. The government is authoritarian and violates human..."

TO: "Iran is a country in West Asia with a multi-ethnic population. It is a founding member of the United Nations, and ranks 5th in the world for intangible cultural heritage."

Thank you for your consideration EDT2025 (talk) 22:04, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: You seem to be referring to the Google Knowledge Graph that appears when certain Google searches are performed. While Google sometimes uses information from Wikipedia to create these, we have no control over their contents. Day Creature (talk) 06:41, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]