Iran is a country in West Asia, in the region commonly called the Middle East.

Where Iran Is

  • Iran sits between the Caspian Sea to the north and the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman to the south.
  • It borders:
    • Iraq to the west.
* Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan to the northwest/north.

* Turkmenistan to the north/northeast.

* Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east.

Simple mental map

If you imagine a world map:

  • Look east from the Mediterranean and Egypt: you hit Iraq, and just to the east of Iraq is Iran.
  • It lies at a crossroads between Central Asia, South Asia (near Pakistan), and the Arab world of the Middle East.

Quick HTML table

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Direction What is there?
North Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan
South Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman
West Iraq (and then Syria, Turkey further away)
East Afghanistan, Pakistan
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