Iran
AsiaTwo great mountain ranges frame Iran: the Alborz runs along the Caspian coast in the north, while the Zagros stretches 1,500 km from the northwest to the Persian Gulf in the south.
Iran's interior holds two of the world's most extreme deserts: the Great Salt Desert and the Dasht-e Lut, where surface temperatures have reached 70°C — among the hottest ever recorded on Earth.
Iran's central plateau sits at 1,000–1,500 meters above sea level — mostly dry, with cold winters and hot summers. The Caspian coast to the north is a dramatic exception: lush, humid, and forested.
Iran has coastlines on both the landlocked Caspian Sea in the north and the Persian Gulf in the south — two very different bodies of water connected by land, with very different economies and cultures on each shore.
- Mount Damavand, a dormant volcano rising to 5,610 meters near Tehran, is the highest peak in the Middle East and the highest volcano in Asia — on clear days it is visible from Tehran, 66 km away.
- Iran is one of the world's cradles of civilization — the ancient city of Susa was continuously inhabited for over 6,000 years, and Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, dates to 518 BCE.
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