IRAN

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IRAN

• A presentation by Ian Foust, Jess Harrison, Drew
  Hines, and Michelle Rice

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Regions

• What are they? 
• Why are they important?
• What kinds exist?
• How do they apply to 
•      Iran?

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What is a region?

• A region is an area with certain unifying
  characteristics. 
• Physical
• Natural
• Human and 
•      cultural

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Why are regions important?

• Divide the world into manageable units for
  geographic study
• Helps form mental maps

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What kinds of regions exist?

• Formal

• Vernacular

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How do regions apply to Iran?

• Inside Iran
• Southwest Asia
• Greater Iran
• Islamic
• Oil Producing
• Persian Gulf
• Conflict/Military 

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Human/Environment Interactions

• The impact of humans on the environment
• Industry
• Agriculture
• Technology
• The impact of the environment on humans
• Natural disasters
• Natural resources
• Topography

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Industry in Iran

• Crude oil production
• Mining
• Increasing industrialization and urbanization

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Agriculture in Iran

• Excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides
• Deforestation and Overgrazing
•  Agricultural products

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Technology in Iran

• Air pollution
• Water pollution
•  Piped drinking water

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Natural Disasters

• Tropical Cyclones
• Floods and Other Weather
•  Earthquakes

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Natural Resources and Topography

• 11 Arable land
• Limited rainfall
• Minerals, metals, and oil
•  0 Permanent crops

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Movement in Iran

•  Refugee Population
• Emigration Rates
• Imports/Exports
• History of Movement

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Refugee Population Emigration

• Iran hosts one of the largest refugee populations
  in the world, with more than one million
  refugees, mostly from Afghanistan and Iraq. 
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• Despite this, the net emigration rate as of 2009
  was
• -2.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population. Essentially,
  more people are leaving the state than are coming
  into it.
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• According to estimates, between two and three
  million Iranian citizens have emigrated to other
  countries, mostly since the Iranian Revolution in
  1979.
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Imports and Exports

• Einfuhren (Iranian) Imports   
• Ausfuhren (Iranian) Exports   
• Deutschland Germany  Vereinigte Arabische
  Emirate UAE  
•  übrige Länder Other Countries

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Imports and Exports

• Exports - commodities
• petroleum 80, chemical and petrochemical
  products, fruits and nuts, carpets
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• Exports - partners
• China 15.3, Japan 14.3, India 10.4, South
  Korea 6.4, Turkey 6.4, Italy 4.5 (2008)
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• Imports - commodities
• industrial raw materials and intermediate goods,
  capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer
  goods, technical services
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• Imports - partners
• UAE 19.3, China 13, Germany 9.2, South Korea
  7, Italy 5.1, France 4.3, Russia 4.2 (2008)

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Quick and Dirty History

• Medes Unify (625559  BCE)
• Cyrus the Great unifies Medes and Persians
  leading to the Achaemenid Empire (559330  BCE)
• 499 BCE Greco-Persian Wars. Ended in 449 BCE.
• 334 BCE, Alexander the Great invaded. Annexed
  territory in 328327 BCE
• Parthian Empire (238 BCE226 CE)
• 224 AD, the Sassanid Empire. Parthian falls.
• 632 raiders from the Arab peninsula began
  attacking the Sassanid Empire
• Islamic conquest of Persia.

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Quick and Dirty History

• 9th century, Islam became a dominant religion in
  Persia
• 1218, Genghis Khan invades
• Iran's first encompassing Shi'a Islamic
  state(1501)
• Series of new, short-lived dynasties 1722-1906
• Iran's constitutional revolution 1906
• 1925, Reza Kahn becomes Shah (industrialization,
  modernization)
• 1951 Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh was elected prime
  minister
• Iranian Revolution began in January 1978
•  December 1979, the country approved a theocratic
  constitution
• Present Day. Results, modernization, relations
  with the West.