o 1,523 m: 101

@Iran:Communications

Telephone system: 2,143,000 telephones; 35 telephones/1,000 persons
local: NA
intercity: microwave radio relay extends throughout country; system
centered in Tehran
international: 3 INTELSAT (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) earth
stations; HF radio and microwave radio relay to Turkey, Pakistan,
Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; submarine fiber optic cable
to UAE

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 77, FM 3, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 28
televisions: NA

@Iran:Defense Forces

Branches: Islamic Republic of Iran Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air
Defense Force, Revolutionary Guards (includes Basij militia with its
ground, air, and naval forces), Law Enforcement Forces

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 14,639,290; males fit for
military service 8,703,732; males reach military age (21) annually
615,096 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: according to official Iranian data, Iran spent
1,785 billion rials, including $808 million in hard currency, in 1992
and budgeted 2,507 billion rials, including $850 million in hard
currency, for 1993
note: conversion of rial expenditures into US dollars using the
current exchange rate could produce misleading results

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IRAQ

@Iraq:Geography

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

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, 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 earlier claims to Kuwait and to
Bubiyan and Warbah islands; potential dispute over water