Tehran is the capital of Iran and the largest city in Western Asia by population, anchoring an oil-and-gas-rich-but-sanctions-constrained economy with substantial industrial-and-services depth. The me…
Amman is the capital and largest city of Jordan and the principal commercial-political-and-cultural anchor of the country, sitting on a series of seven hills (subsequently expanded to many more) in th…
Iranian branch of Indo-European, split across dialects and scripts -- Latin in Turkey and Syria, Arabic-based in Iraq and Iran -- reflecting the political division of Kurdish-speaking regions across f…