nd, Air, Navy, Qods, and Basij-mobilization-forces),
Law Enforcement Forces

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 15,157,796
males fit for military service: 9,010,648
males reach military age (21) annually: 632,602 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: according to official Iranian data, Iran in
1994 budgeted 4,377 billion rials and in 1993 spent 2,182 billion
rials, including $850 million in hard currency; note - conversion of
defense expenditures into US dollars using current exchange rates
could produce misleading results

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@Iraq
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Map
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Location: 33 00 N, 44 00 E -- Middle East, bordering the Persian
Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait

Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and
black with three green five-pointed stars in a horizontal line
centered in the white band; the phrase ALLAHU AKBAR (God is Great)
in green Arabic script - Allahu to the right of the middle star and
Akbar to the left of the middle star - was added in January 1991
during the Persian Gulf crisis; similar to the flag of Syria that
has two stars but no script and the flag of Yemen that has a plain
white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt that has a symbolic
eagle centered in the white band

Geography
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Location: Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran
and Kuwait

Geographic coordinates: 33 00 N, 44 00 E

Map references: Middle East

Area:
total area: 437,072 sq km
land area: 432,162 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Idaho

Land boundaries:
total: 3,631 km
border countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 242 km, Saudi
Arabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 331 km

Coastline: 58 km

Maritime claims:
continental shelf: not specified
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: Iran and Iraq restored diplomatic
relations in 1990 but are still trying to work out written
agreements settling outstanding disputes from their eight-year war
concerning border demarcation, prisoners-of-war, and freedom of
navigation and sovereignty over the Shatt al Arab waterway; in
November 1994, Iraq formally accepted the UN-demarcated border with
Kuwait which had been spelled out in Security Council Resolutions
687 (1991), 773 (1993), and 883 (1993); this formally ends earli