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Geography

 

Iran covers a surface of approximately 1.648.000 km² (almost five and a half times the Italian territory) and stretches across a large central desert plateau that has an average altitude of over 1.000 meters with an extremely arid and dry climate in the three deserts Kavire Lut, Kavire Namak (Kavir= and sand and rock desert; Namak = salt).
Again in the Central northern part of Iran there are high mountain ranges that culminate with Alborz (Damavand 5.670 meters) and Zagros 4.000 meters.


North of Iran there is the world’s largest lake: the Caspian Sea where there is a humid climate with luscious vegetation. South of the Persian Gulf there are coral islands and a warm and humid climate.


Due to its geographical variety everyday there is a difference of at least 45°/50° C between the coldest and warmest place. One can consider Iran a country with four seasons at a time all year round.

 

Thanks to its natural resources Iran is perfect not only for tourism or cultural trips but also for excursions through the desert along the ancient Silk Road, as well as sea excursions (in fact, it is the second most popular destination for divers), trekking in the mountains and hunting.

 

Currently Iran is the world’s second largest natural gas and oil producer.
There are important mines of uranium, carbon, chromium, copper, iron, lead, manganese, zinc and sulphur.

 

This is also one of the reasons Iran has always been a ‘hostage’ of foreign interests that have slowed down its growth; one only has to think of the war that has been going on for 10 years and the embargo that has been in force for over twenty years.

 

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