Iran

Iran is a country in western-central Asia. Iran borders Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia across the sea, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and Iraq.

Sport
Iran's most popular sport is football. The Iran national football team qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 1978, 1998, 2006 and 2014, and won at least one Asian Cup.

The Iran men's national volleyball team are one of Asia's most successful volleyball teams, as the team finished sixth at the 2014 World Championship and fourth place at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World League.