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The Strait of Hormuz " Tangehyyeh Hormoz " , " Maq Hurmuz ") is a strait between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf . It provides the only ___MASK1___ passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world ' s most strategically important choke points . On the north coast lies Iran , and on the south coast the United Arab Emirates and Musandam , an exclave of Oman . At its narrowest , the strait has a width of . Iraq (, or ; '; '), officially known as ___MASK37___ of Iraq ('; ') is a ___MASK41___ in Western ___MASK30___ , bordered by Turkey to the north , Iran to the east , Kuwait to the southeast , Saudi Arabia to the south , Jordan to the southwest , and Syria to the west . The capital , and largest city , is Baghdad . The main ethnic groups are Arabs and Kurds ; others include Assyrians , Turkmen , Shabakis , Yazidis , Armenians , Mandeans , Circassians , and Kawliya . Around 95 % of the ___MASK41___ ' s 36 million citizens are Muslims , with Christianity , Yarsan , Yezidism , and Mandeanism also present . The official languages of Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish . The Persian Gulf is a mediterranean ___MASK1___ in Western ___MASK30___ . The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean ( Gulf of Oman ) through the Strait of Hormuz and lies between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the southwest . The Shatt al - Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline . The Indian ___MASK86___ is the third largest of the world ' s oceanic divisions , covering ( approximately 20 % of the water on the ___MASK93___ ' s surface ). It is bounded by ___MASK30___ on the north , on the west by Africa , on the east by Australia , and on the south by the Southern ___MASK86___ or , depending on definition , by Antarctica . It is named after the country of India . The Indian ___MASK86___ is known as " Ratnkara ", "" the mine of gems "" in ancient Sanskrit literature , and as " Hind Mahsgar ", "" the great Indian sea "", in Hindi . Nagorno - Karabakh , officially the Nagorno - Karabakh Republic ( NKR ; " Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut ' yun "), Artsakh Republic or Republic of Artsakh (" Arts ' akhi Hanrapetut ' yun "), is an unrecognised republic in the South Caucasus . The region is considered by the UN to be ___MASK56___ of Azerbaijan , but is under the control of ethnic Armenian separatists . The NKR controls most of the territory of the former Nagorno - Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and some of the surrounding area , giving it a border with Armenia to the west , Iran to the south , and the uncontested territory of Azerbaijan to the north and east . Oman (; ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman , is an ___MASK40___ country on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula . Holding a strategically important position at the ___MASK15___ of the Persian Gulf , the nation is bordered by the United ___MASK40___ Emirates to the northwest , Saudi Arabia to the west , and Yemen to the southwest , and shares marine borders with Iran and Pakistan . The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast . The Madha and Musandam exclaves are surrounded by the UAE on their land borders , with the Strait of Hormuz ( which it shares with Iran ) and Gulf of Oman forming Musandam ' s coastal boundaries . The Gulf of Oman or ___MASK1___ of Makran or ___MASK1___ of Oman (" aldj Umn "; in Balochi :    in " Khaleej Oman ") is a strait ( and not an actual gulf ) that connects the Arabian ___MASK1___ with the Strait of Hormuz , which then runs to the Persian Gulf . It borders Pakistan and Iran on the north , Oman on the south , and the United Arab Emirates on the west . Pakistan ( or ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan , is a federal parliamentary republic in South ___MASK30___ on crossroads of Central ___MASK30___ and Western ___MASK30___ . It is the sixth - most populous country with a population exceeding 200 million people . It is the 36th largest country in the world in terms of area with an area covering . Pakistan has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the southwest and ___MASK39___ in the far northeast respectively . It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan ' s narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north , and also shares a maritime border with Oman . Afghanistan ( Pashto / Dari : , " Afnistn "), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan , is a landlocked ___MASK41___ located within South ___MASK30___ and Central ___MASK30___ . It has a population of approximately 32 million , making it the 42nd most populous ___MASK41___ in the world . It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east ; Iran in the west ; Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , and Tajikistan in the north ; and ___MASK39___ in the far northeast . Its territory covers , making it the 41st largest ___MASK41___ in the world . Iran (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (' ), is a ___MASK57___ in Western ___MASK30___ . It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh Republic , and Azerbaijan ; to the north by the Caspian Sea ; to the northeast by Turkmenistan ; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan ; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman ; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq . Comprising a land area of , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . 8 million inhabitants , Iran is the world ' s 17th - most - populous country . It is the only country with both a Caspian Sea and an Indian Ocean coastline . The country ' s central location in Eurasia and Western ___MASK30___ , and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz , make it of great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic ___MASK9___ . The Caspian ___MASK1___ is the largest enclosed inland body of water on ___MASK93___ by area , variously classed as the world ' s largest lake or a full - fledged sea . It is in an endorheic basin ( it has no outflows ) located between Europe and ___MASK30___ . It is bound by Kazakhstan to the northeast , Russia to the northwest , Azerbaijan to the west , Iran to the south , and Turkmenistan to the southeast . A ___MASK57___ is , in ___MASK73___ , a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralised government that has sovereignty over a geographic area . ___MASK73___ defines sovereign states as having a permanent population , defined territory , one government , and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states . It is also normally understood that a ___MASK57___ is neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or state . ___MASK24___ (' ;) is a ___MASK76___ articulated by the ___MASK7___ , a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God ('), and , for the vast majority of adherents , the teachings and normative example ( called the " sunnah ", composed of accounts called " hadith ") of Muhammad ( 570  8 ___MASK16___ 632 CE ). It is the world ' s second - largest ___MASK76___ and the fastest - growing major ___MASK76___ in the world , with over 1 . 7 billion followers or 23 % of the global population , known as Muslims . ___MASK24___ is an Abrahamic monotheistic ___MASK76___ that upholds that God is one and incomparable and that the purpose of existence is to worship God . Muslims consider Muhammad to be the last prophet of God . Garrin ( or Kuh - e Garin ) is a vast high - elevated mountain in Lorestan Province of Iran . Garrin is limited to Borujerd from the east , to Alashtar from the west , and to Nahavand from the north . It has several peaks 3 , 000 + meters above ___MASK1___ level . Of these , Velash Peak is the highest at 3 , 630 meters . The ___MASK60___ (; " Çiyayên Zagrosê ", Lurish :     , , Aramaic :   ,) form the largest mountain range in Iran , Iraqi Kurdistan and southeastern Turkey . This mountain range has a total length of 1 , 500 km ( 932 mi ). The Zagros mountain range begins in northwestern Iran and roughly corresponds to Iran ' s western border , and it spans the whole length of the western and southwestern Iranian plateau , ending at the Strait of Hormuz . The highest point in the ___MASK60___ is Dena . Geology . The Zagros fold and thrust belt was formed by collision of two tectonic plates , the Iranian Plate and the Arabian Plate . This collision primarily happened during the Miocene and folded the entire rocks that had been deposited from the Carboniferous to the Miocene in the geosyncline in front of the Iranian Plate . The process of collision continues to the present and as the Arabian Plate is being pushed against the Iranian Plate , the ___MASK60___ and the Iranian Plateau are getting higher and higher . Lorestan Province ( also written Luristan , Lurestan , or Loristan , is a province of western Iran in the ___MASK60___ . The population of Lorestan was estimated at 1 , 716 , 527 people in 2006 . In 2014 it was placed in Region 4 . The ___MASK2___ is a transcontinental region centered on Western ___MASK30___ and Egypt . The corresponding adjective is " Middle - Eastern " and the derived noun is " Middle - Easterner ". The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East ( as opposed to Far East ) beginning in the early 20th century . Azerbaijan , officially ___MASK37___ of Azerbaijan , is a ___MASK41___ in the South Caucasus region , situated at the crossroads of Southwest ___MASK30___ and Southeastern Europe . It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east , Russia to the north , Georgia to the northwest , Armenia to the west and Iran to the south . The exclave of Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east , Iran to the south and west , while having an 8 km border with Turkey in the north west . Turkey , officially ___MASK37___ of Turkey ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental ___MASK41___ in Eurasia , mainly in ___MASK64___ in Western ___MASK30___ , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . Turkey is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage . Turkey is bordered by eight countries : Greece to the west ; Bulgaria to the northwest ; Georgia to the northeast ; Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east ; and Iraq and Syria to the south . The Aegean Sea is to the west , the Black Sea to the north , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . The Bosphorus , the Sea of Marmara , and the Dardanelles , which together form the Turkish Straits , divide Thrace and ___MASK64___ ; they also separate Europe and ___MASK30___ . Turkey ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . ___MASK48___ ( " Tehrn ") is the capital of Iran and ___MASK48___ Province . With a population of around 9 million in the ___MASK66___ and ___MASK26___ million in the wider metropolitan area , ___MASK48___ is the most populous ___MASK66___ of Iran , the 2nd - most populous ___MASK66___ in Western ___MASK30___ and the 3rd - largest metropolitan area in the Middle East . It is ranked 29th in the world by the population of its metropolitan area . Turkmenistan ( or ); formerly known as Turkmenia is a ___MASK41___ in Central ___MASK30___ , bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest , Uzbekistan to the north and east , Afghanistan to the southeast , Iran to the south and southwest , and the Caspian Sea to the west . Armenia ( tr . " Hayastan "), officially ___MASK37___ of Armenia ( tr . " Hayastani Hanrapetut  yun "), is a ___MASK57___ in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia . Located in Western ___MASK30___ on the " Armenian Highlands ", it is bordered by Turkey to the west , Russia and Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east , and Iran and Azerbaijan ' s exclave of Nakhchivan to the south . Western ___MASK30___ , West ___MASK30___ , Southwestern ___MASK30___ or Southwest ___MASK30___ is the westernmost subregion of ___MASK30___ . The concept is in limited use , as it significantly overlaps with the Middle East ( or Near East ), the main difference being the exclusion of Egypt ( which would be counted as part of North Africa ). The term is sometimes used for the purposes of grouping countries in statistics .