Legislature: Majlis (An Islamic Consultative Assembly)
Area: 636,000 square miles
Population: 42, 000,000 as of 1984
Capital: Tehran
Monetary unit: Rial
Major Religious Groups: Muslims, Baha'is,
Christian, Jews, Zoroastrians
(98% of Iranians are Muslim, 90% of those are Shi'ite
Muslims)