Borders of Iran

{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; clear: right; font-size: 88%" |{{Image label begin|image=Blank-Map-Iran-With-Water-Bodies.PNG|width=450|float=none}} {{Image label small|x=0.300|y=0.100|scale=450|text=Caspian Sea}} {{Image label small|x=0.325|y=0.850|scale=450|text=Persian Gulf}} {{Image label small|x=0.8|y=0.1|scale=450|text=Turkmenistan}} {{Image label small|x=0.87|y=0.4|scale=450|text=Afghanistan}} {{Image label small|x=0.90|y=0.66|scale=450|text=Pakistan}} {{Image label small|x=0.15|y=0.02|scale=450|text=Rep. of Azerbaijan}} {{Image label small|x=0.04|y=0.02|scale=450|text=Armenia}} {{Image label small|x=0.01|y=0.05|scale=450|text=T u r k e y}} {{Image label small|x=0.05|y=0.5|scale=450|text=Iraq}} {{Image label small|x=0.1|y=0.66|scale=450|text=Kuwait}} {{Image label small|x=0.05|y=0.8|scale=450|text=Saudi Arabia}} {{Image label end}} |} Iran has international borders with 13 sovereign countries, both on land and sea. It has a total of {{convert|5,894|km}} land borders with Iraq, Turkey, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.<ref name="CIA"/> With a total of {{convert|2,440|km}} coastline, it has maritime borders with 6 other countries: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman.<ref name="CIA"/> The Iran–Turkey border has a {{convert|376|km}} moat, along with a {{convert|4|m}} high concrete wall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=وزیر دفاع ترکیه: خندق‌های مرزی با ایران تا پایان امسال تکمیل می‌شود - تسنیم |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1402/05/21/2939581/%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%AE%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%82-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AA%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF/amp |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=خبرگزاری تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim |language=fa}}</ref>

== Land borders == * Iran–Afghanistan border (921 km)<ref name="CIA"/> * Iran–Armenia border (44 km)<ref name="CIA"/> * Iran–Azerbaijan border (689 km)<ref name="CIA"/> * Iran–Iraq border (1,599 km)<ref name="CIA"/> * Iran–Pakistan border (909 km)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/884966/geographytheborders-of-pakistan | title=Geography: The borders of Pakistan | date=17 October 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iranchamber.com/geography/articles/facts_figures.php | title=Iran Chamber Society: Facts and Figures }}</ref> * Iran–Turkey border (534 km)<ref name="CIA"/> * Iran–Turkmenistan border (1,148 km)<ref name="CIA">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/azerbaijan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109221839/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/azerbaijan|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 January 2021|title=CIA – The World Factbook |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>

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