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IRAN Iran is a country that in wich has many human rights violations. Iran is located in the middle East. Iran is bordering the gulf of Oman, and the Persian gulf. Iran is between Iraq, Afghanastan, and Pakistan. In Iran there is a Blind population: 200,000, Deaf population: 3,978,055. Their are 50 Deaf institutions. The number of languages listed for Iran is 77, Of those 75 are living languages and 2 are extinct.Many of these languages are egyption. Avestan and Mandaic-Classical are the two extinct languages for Iran. Of the great differences in the many ethnic minority groups the Azeri's is one of the most common or well known. Within Iran their is a population of 65,875,224. In wich this population is split within many different minorities. Within Iran their is only 9.8% arable land. Their is also1.25% permanent crops. Within Iran their are many resources. The main resources in Iran are petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, and sulfur. The Iranian government, theocratic republic has in wich not changed in many years. the political pressure groups and leaders aregroups that generally support the Islamic Republic: Ansar-e Hizballah-Islamic Coalition Party (Motalefeh); Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader; Islamic Engineers Society; Tehran Militant Clergy Association (Ruhaniyat); active pro-reform student group: Office of Strengthening Unity (OSU); opposition groups: Baluchistan People's Party (BPP); Freedom Movement of Iran; Marz-e Por Gohar; National Front; and various ethnic and Monarchist organizations; armed political groups that have been repressed by the government: Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI); Jundallah; Komala; Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO); People's Fedayeen; People's Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK).

Some info was found on the CIA world factbook. website.