Area: 636,293 sq. mi. (1,648,000 sq. km)

Population (2001 est.): 66,128,965 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.2%);

Languages: Farsi (Persian), Azari, Kurdish, Gilaki, Mazandarani, Balouchi, Arabic, Torkamani, Armenian, Assyrian, ...

Ethnicity: Persian 51%, Azerbaijani 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, Assyrians, Armenians and ... 1%.

Capital and largest city (1994 est.): Teheran, 10,400,000 (metro. area)

Largest cities (1994 est.): Mashad, 1,964,489; Isfahan, 1,220,595; Tabriz, 1,166,203

Religions: Shi'ite Muslim, 95%; Sunni Muslim, 4%; Zoroasterian, Christian, Jewish and ... 1%

 And

Declaration of Human Rights

Inscribed on a clay cylinder in cuneiform discovered in 1879 by Hormoz Rasam in Babylon and now 

in The British Museum. 

. .When my soldiers in great numbers peacefully entered Babylon... I did not allow anyone to terrorize the people... 

I kept in view the needs of people and all its sanctuaries to promote their well-being... Freed all the slaves 

I put an end to their misfortune and slavery (referred to the Jews people and other religious minorities).