context: The Islamic Republic of Iran [1] [2] [3] is a country located in Western Asia. [4] [5] [6] It is the second largest country in the Middle East in terms of population after Egypt with a total of 81 million people [7] as well as the second largest country in the Middle East with an area after Saudi Arabia with an area of ​​1,648,195 km2 which makes it occupies the eighteenth place between Countries in the world in terms of area ايران Iran is characterized by a geopolitical location that makes it the meeting point for three Asian areas (West, Central and Southern Asia). It is bordered to the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Iran overlooks the Caspian Sea (which is an inland sea bordered by Kazakhstan and Russia). It is bordered to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, to the west by Iraq and to the northwest by Turkey. Tehran is the capital, the country's largest city, and the nation's political, cultural, commercial, and industrial milieu. Iran is a regional power, [8] [9] and occupies an important position in international energy security and the global economy because of its large reserves of oil and natural gas. As Iran has the second largest natural gas reserves in the world and the fourth largest proven oil reserves. [10]
question: What is the area of ​​Iran?
answers.text: 1,648,195 km2