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Former good articleIran was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Current status: Delisted good article

HDI is incorrect[edit]

The HDI given for Iran does not match the source, which should be 0.798, "high".

Semi-protected edit request on 13 March 2024[edit]

Hello. Some information needs to be updated and improved:

1- According to the 2024 statistics, Iran is now the world's 14th military power. The current information in the military section is sourced with the same website but its dated to 2023, so all you have to do is just update the info and put the 2024 data. https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.php

2- In the "medieval period" section, the image of Falak-ol-Aflak Castle has zero information, only the name of the castle is written. Add this text to the image (with link to the castle's name, Khorramabad city and Sasanian Empire): "Falak-ol-Aflak in Khorramabad, built in 240–270 AD during the Sasanian Empire."

3- At the beginning of the article, add a bold "(IRI)" next to the Islamic Republic of Iran. This is the country's definition, and multiple pages like China have this.

4- At the begninig of the "Government and politics" section, a very short explanation has been written, one which is already available in the human rights section. Please remove it.

5- At the end of "top", the word "people of Iran" is bold for no reason, please fix it.

Thank you! Saeed.1348 (talk) 16:01, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I've made the edits you requested to Iran's Wikipedia page. Praxeria (talk) 08:11, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Already done Jonathan Deamer (talk) 20:06, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Persian miniature (?) enigma[edit]

Court scene.

Help! I cannot find a reference for this image. It is claimed as "Fatimid" (but this is extremely unlikely in my opinion, the style is more like 14th century Ilkhanid or Jalayarid) and currently appears in the Arabic miniature article. Can someone confirm that the language of the text in the miniature is Persian, rather than Arabic? I would personally bet for a version of the Great Mongol Shahnameh. Any thoughts? Any RS reference for this image? पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 14:19, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do NOT add new info unless you HAVE to.[edit]

Hey folks! I just wanted to say that if you're about to make an edit, please improve unpon the already-existing information as much as possible, and do not create new sections or more texts unless you have to. This article is definitely one of the heaviest among all the country pages, and long-time contributors are doing their best to keep the article's size as low as possible. If an extremely important news related to Iran has happened, add it to the artcile, otherwise, please aviod adding more texts. Thank you! Farnaj57 (talk) 23:18, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Of the material you removed in this edit, two parts were from existing material which I had actually edited to be smaller, while at the same time being more detailed. The 14.3% irreligious figure I think is especially important to contextualise the following Gamaan survey which puts those without a religion at a much higher (IMHO, less credible) number, and because this would be the largest non-Muslim minority if correct. If one of these claims is to be removed for brevity, I would make it the Gamaan survey. At the same time, I think this religion section is already quite small as it is and both can fit.
The one addition I made which did increase the size was the religious freedom score. That I think is important simply for its heavy significance, and and to contextualise the later point about Baha'i persecution.
If the problem is specifically that the images are overflowing the section itself, as you say in your edit message, then the more obvious solution would be to remove one of these four asides currently occupying such a small section. It seems hard to justify having so many, when the section itself has to be so small. Won't removing text from the section in fact only make the image problem worse?
As for the claim about Yarsani population, I don't think that source is very reliable, but it is worth including a proper estimate of the population. The Yarsani article itself gives academic sources of half to one million.
The final paragraph about Armenian church buildings is the paragraph that I would argue for condensing the most, if need be. It seems odd to mention specific buildings, when no buildings are mentioned for any other religion. This paragraph, on buildings, within a demographics section, is actually the largest paragraph. That doesn't make sense.
With this in mind I will try to restore the content while not increasing the overall size. Fedjmike (talk) 00:32, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling error[edit]

Please correct the correct usage of the word 'naval' under the military section. Naval = military. Navel = belly button. 

2600:1700:5E40:5920:E7:F147:C9B0:C48C (talk) 00:08, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done. Thanks for catching that. Binksternet (talk) 04:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 15 April 2024[edit]

Last paragraph of overview/introduction includes the following:

"...ranks 5th globally in the number inscriptions of Intangible Cultural Heritage..."

Should insert "of" between "number" and "inscriptions". Meldefon (talk) 10:44, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 11:19, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for permission to edit[edit]

Request for edit permission to make the following changes under the section Iran#1951–1978: Mosaddegh, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi:

—Arrandale Westmere (talk) 03:10, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 28 April 2024[edit]

"A proloynged and gradual process of..." should be "A prolonged and gradual process of...".

This spelling mistake is in the "Mediaeval period and Iranian Intermezzo" section. Samuel Christy (talk) 02:04, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 30 April 2024[edit]

"It possess the world's 14th strongest military." should be "It possesses the world's 14th strongest military."

This is in the Military subsection. Samuel Christy (talk) 15:55, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Jamedeus (talk) 17:42, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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