1983 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1983 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Airfields
161 total, 134 usable; 75 with permanent-surface runways; 14 with runways over 3,659 m, 16 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 65 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Area
Budge«:(FY83) proposed expenditures of $42 billion, actual expenditures likely to be below this level
Branches
Islamic Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, and Revolutionary Guard
Civil air
46 major transport aircraft
Fiscal year
21 March-20 March Communications
Highways
85,000 km total; 36,000 km gravel and crushed stone, 15,000 km improved earth, 19,000 bituminous and bituminoustreated surfaces, 15,000 unimproved earth
Inland waterways
904 km, excluding the Caspian Sea, 104 km on the Shatt al Arab (closed since September 1980 because of Iran-Iraq conflict)
Military budget
for fiscal year ending 20 March 1983, $8.5 billion; 22% of central government budget
Military manpower
males 15-49, 10,1 15,000, 6,215,000 fit for military service; about 435,000 reach military age (21) annually
Monetary conversion rate
87.3 rials=US$l (September 1983)
Pipelines
crude oil, 5,900 km; refined products, 3,900 km; natural gas, 3,282 km
Ports
4 major (Bandar Abbas, Shah Bandar Abbas, Bandar Khomeni, and Biishehr), 6 minor (Khoramshahr destroyed)
Railroads
4,601 km total; 4,509 km 1.435meter standard gauge
Telecommunications
730,000 telephones (1980) Defense Forces