Islamic Republic of Iran جمهوری اسلامی ایران (Persian) Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān
Capital and largest city | Tehran 35°41′N 51°25′E / 35.683°N 51.417°E / 35.683; 51.417
Official languages | Persian
Recognised regional languages | List of languages 53% Persian 18% Azerbaijani and other Turkic dialects (incl. Qashqai, Turkmen) 10% Kurdish 7% Gilak and Mazanderani 6% Lurish 2% Balochi 2% Arabic 2% other (incl. Armenian, Assyrian, Georgian, Laki, Semnani, Talysh, Tati)
Ethnic groups | List of ethnicities 61% Persian 16% Azerbaijani 10% Kurdish 6% Lur (incl. Bakhtiari) 2% Turkmen and other Turkic tribes 2% Baloch 2% Arab 1% other
Religion | State religion: Islam (Twelver Shia) Constitutionally recognized minorities: Islam (Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali, Zaydi), Christianity (Armenian, Assyrian, Chaldean), Judaism, Zoroastrianism
Demonym(s) | Iranian, Persian (historically)
Government | de jure: Unitary Khomeinist presidential Islamic republic de facto: Theocratic-republican authoritarian unitary presidential republic subject to a Supreme Leader
• Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei
• President | Hassan Rouhani
• First Vice President | Eshaq Jahangiri
• Parliament Speaker | Ali Larijani
• Chief Justice | Sadeq Larijani
• Upper house | Expediency Discernment Council Guardian Council
• Lower house | Islamic Consultative Assembly