At $ 360 billion in 2012, the GDP of the UAE ranks second in the CCASG ( after Saudi Arabia ), third in the Middle East — North Africa ( MENA ) region ( after Saudi Arabia and Iran ), and 30th in the world.

With an area of, Iran ranks eighteenth in size among the countries of the world.

Iran ranks 40th in science production and first in scientific growth in the world in 2011.

Urmia is Iran's volleyball capital, its because of ranks that Heyat Volleyball Urmia VC got in Iranian Volleyball Super League and for the great volleyball players that are in Iran men's national volleyball team and first class coaches in Iran.

In Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, the university also ranks among the Top 3 high ranked universities in Iran.

From 1902 to 1904, in addition to the building of the Shrine of the Báb that ` Abdu ' l-Bahá was directing, he started to put into execution two different projects ; the restoration of the House of the Báb in Shiraz, Iran and the construction of the first Bahá ' í House of Worship in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

During the later part of first millennium BC the use of brass spread across a wide geographical area from Britain and Spain in the west to Iran, and India in the east.

* Bank Melli Iran, the first national Iranian bank

In the first year of his presidency Eisenhower deposed the leader of Iran in the 1953 Iranian coup d ' etat, and used nuclear threats to conclude the Korean War with China.

In 1939, diplomatic relations between Egypt and Iran were upgraded to ambassadorial level, and Youssef Zulficar Pasha was appointed as Egypt's first ambassador in Tehran.

In the northern Syrian, eastern Anatolian region of the Levant, Natufian culture at Cayonu and Mureybet developed the first fully agricultural culture with the addition of wild grains, later being supplemented with domesticated sheep and goats, which were probably domesticated first by the Zarzian culture of Northern Iraq and Iran ( which like the Natufian culture may have also developed from Kebaran ).

" After the death of Iran's first Supreme Leader, Khomeini, Hezbollah's governing bodies developed a more " independent role " and appealed to Iran less often.

All but the easternmost provinces of the Islamic realm had been taken from Christian rulers, and the vast majority of the first Muslims west of Iran and Arabia were converts from Christianity ... Their loss was sorely felt and it heightened the fear that a similar fate was in store for Europe .</ BLOCKQUOTE >

The first Modern Islamic state ( with the possible exception of Zia's Pakistan ) was established among the Shia of Iran.

The first separate brand within mosque designs startet appearing in Persia ( Iran ).

* 1950 – Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.

Its first winner was Maryam Namazie, of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran.

It first focused on arrivals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, and Syria.

Iraq invaded Iran, first attacking Mehrabad Airport of Tehran and then entering the oil-rich Iranian land of Khuzestan, which also has a sizable Arab minority, on 22 September 1980 and declared it a new province of Iraq.

Iran was the first nation to recognize Turkmenistan as an independent nation.

* October 6 – The Majlis of Iran convenes for the first time.

* Early 6th century – first academy of the east the Academy of Gundeshapur founded in Iran by Khosrau I of Persia.

Proso millet appears to have reached Europe not long after its appearance in Georgia, first appearing in east and central Europe ; however, the grain needed a few thousand more years to cross into Italy, Greece, and Iran, and the earliest evidence for its cultivation in the Near East is a find in the ruins of Nimrud, Iraq dated to about 700 BC.

The modern pistachio nut P. vera was first cultivated in Western Asia, where it has long been an important crop in cooler parts of Iran and Iraq.

Roman workforces also were the first to build dam bridges, such as the Bridge of Valerian in Iran.

* Iran to Launch first spy satellite

In Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Iran, Friday is the last day of the weekend, with Saturday as the first day of the working week.

Don Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, a Castilian ambassador, was probably the first European to visit Tehran, stopping in July 1404, while on a journey to Samarkand ( now in Uzbekistan ) the capital of Timur, who ruled Iran at the time.

In April 2010 they curated the first Stuckist show in Iran, Searching for the Unlimited Potentials of Figurative Painting.

Defender models are assembled under licence in several locations worldwide, including Spain ( Santana Motors ), Iran ( Pazhan Morattab ), Brazil ( Karmann ) and Turkey ( Otokar ).

international: the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable ; satellite service between Baku and Turkey provides access to 200 countries ; additional satellite providers supply services between Baku and specific countries ; Azerbaijan is a signator of the Trans-Asia-Europe Fiber-Optic Line ( TAE ); their lines are not laid but a Turkish satellite and a microwave link between Azerbaijan and Iran could provide Azerbaijan worldwide access

to 70 million worldwide, while the second largest Turkic people are the Azerbaijanis, numbering 22 to 38 million worldwide ; most of them live in Azerbaijan and Iran.

Iran currently maintains full diplomatic relations with 99 countries worldwide.

Xenakis frequently gave lectures ( for instance, from 1975 to 1978 he was Professor of Music at Gresham College, London, giving free public lectures ), taught composition ( notable students include Pascal Dusapin, Henning Lohner, and Miguel Ángel Coria ), and his works were performed at numerous festivals worldwide, including, for instance, the Shiraz Arts Festival in Iran.

Coleman also led an effort to bring worldwide pressure on Iran to stop their attempts to enrich uranium, which many believe is the final step in an effort for Iran to have offensive nuclear weapons capabilities.

, The Joy of Painting has been shown in many countries worldwide, such as Greek state broadcaster ERT3, Turkish state broadcaster TRT ( with the title Resim Sevinci ), BR-alpha in Germany, Discovery Real Time in the UK, NHK in Japan, EBS in South Korea and Once TV in Mexico, ATV and ICable TV in Hong Kong, IRIB in Iran and the Colombian state channel Canal Capital.

In 2006, the WJC launched the Iran Update, “ a comprehensive weekly publication disseminated via the internet to most members of the US Congress and government, United Nations missions, foreign diplomats, European Union officials, and Israeli policymakers, in addition to Jewish communities worldwide .” The publication focused on exposing Iran ’ s ongoing pursuit of a nuclear capability, domestic Iranian politics, Iranian foreign policy in the Middle East and internationally, Israeli policy vis-à-vis Iran and the efforts of worldwide Jewish communities in combating Iranian Holocaust-denial and nuclear proliferation.

According to the United States Government, the crew identified the Iranian Airbus A300 as an attacking F-14 Tomcat fighter ( a plane made in the United States and operated at that time by only two forces worldwide, the United States Navy and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force ).

They send bi-weekly Action Alerts to almost 100, 000 people worldwide, keeping them up to date on legislation regarding the Iraq war, nuclear disarmament, and preventing future wars with countries the Bush administration deems " rogue nations ," like Iran.

Satrapi became famous worldwide because of her critically acclaimed autobiographical graphic novels, originally published in French in four parts in 2000 – 2003 and in English translation in two parts in 2003 and 2004, respectively, as Persepolis and Persepolis 2, which describe her childhood in Iran and her adolescence in Europe.

Afshin-Jam continues to address human rights abuses worldwide particularly in relation to women and children in Iran and the Middle East including speeches at UN, EU, Canadian and UK Parliament.

Demonstrations continued for a few days in most cities in Iran and in more than ninety-five countries worldwide.

Within the European Union, GMP inspections are performed by National Regulatory Agencies ( e. g., GMP inspections are performed in the United Kingdom by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA )); in the Republic of Korea ( South Korea ) by the Korea Food & Drug Administration ( KFDA ); in Australia by the Therapeutical Goods Administration ( TGA ); in South Africa by the Medicines Control Council ( MCC ); in Brazil by the Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária ( National Health Surveillance Agency Brazil ) ( ANVISA ); in Iran, in India gmp inspections are carried out by state FDA and these FDA report to Central Drugs Standard Control Organization and Pakistan by the Ministry of Health ;, Nigeria has NAFDAC and by similar national organisations worldwide.

On July 9, 2009, " 18 Tir " anniversary protests were scheduled for many cities in Iran and other cities worldwide.

Sarcheshmeh ( سرچشمه ) is a large open cast copper mine in the Kerman Province of Iran, considered to be the second largest copper deposit worldwide.

* Offering new strategic thinking on some of the world ’ s most intractable conflicts and crises, e. g., on the Iran nuclear issue, the role of Islamism worldwide, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the way forward in Kosovo, Iraq and the Western Sahara ; and