Iran tana cikin kasashen gabas ta tsakiya, ada sunan ta kasar Farisa kuma tana da iyaka da kasashe shida sune :- daga arewa Armeniya da Azabaijan da Turkmenistan daga gabas Pakistan da Afghanistan daga yamma Turkey da Iraki (Kurdistan) daga kudu gulf a farisa da kogin Oman Iran tazama Jamhuriyar Musulumci a shekara ta 1979 bayan khomeini ya kwace mulki daga Mohammad Reza Pahlavi . shi'a ne mafi yawan akidun mutanan kasar. Adadin al'umman Iran sunkai kimanin 74,000,000 Mabiya Akidar shi'a sune mafiya Yawa Akasar. Ahlus Sunna Kuwa Yawansu Bai Wuce adadin mutane 20,000,000 ko 25,000,000 daga kabiloli daban daban kamar turkumawa , kablwshawa kurdawa ,yawan kurdawa zasu kai 10,000,000 zuwa 12,000,000 dukkanin su yan ahlus-sunnah ne.