Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 18,319,545 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 15,665,725 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 862,056 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$4.3 billion (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3.3% (2003 est.)
Transnational Issues Iran
Disputes - international:
Iran protests Afghanistan's limiting flow of dammed tributaries to
the Helmand River in periods of drought; Iraq's lack of a maritime
boundary with Iran prompts jurisdiction disputes beyond the mouth of
the Shatt al Arab in the Persian Gulf; Iran and UAE engage in direct
talks and solicit Arab League support to resolve disputes over
Iran's occupation of Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island; Iran stands
alone among littoral states in insisting upon a division of the
Caspian Sea into five equal sectors
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 1,223,823 (Afghanistan) 124,014
(Iraq) (2004)
Illicit drugs:
despite substantial interdiction efforts, Iran remains a key
transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin to Europe; domestic
narcotics consumption remains a persistent problem and according to
official Iranian statistics there are at least two million drug
users in the country; lax anti-money-laundering regulations
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005