DEFENCE
16 to 20 months’ military service is compulsory. Military expenditure totalled US$9,595m. in 2008 (equivalent to US$146 per capita), representing 2·8% of GDP (compared to 7·7% in ...
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Table of contents
- IRAN
- KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS
- PAST LEADERS SINCE 1945
- TERRITORY AND POPULATION
- CITY PROFILES
- SOCIAL STATISTICS
- CLIMATE
- CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT
- GOVERNMENT CHRONOLOGY
- RECENT ELECTIONS
- CURRENT GOVERNMENT
- CURRENT LEADERS
- DEFENCE
- ECONOMY
- ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
- INDUSTRY
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- COMMUNICATIONS
- SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
- RELIGION
- CULTURE
- DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES
- FURTHER READING
