Back محافظات إيران Arabic ليستة المحافظات الايرانيه ARZ Provincies d'Irán AST Ираналъул провинцияби AV İran ostanları Azerbaijani ایران اوستانلاری AZB ইরানের প্রদেশসমূহ Bengali/Bangla Proviñsoù Iran Breton Iranske pokrajine BS Províncies de l'Iran Catalan
| Provinces of Iran استانهای ایران Ostânhâ-ye Irân | |
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| Category | Unitary state |
| Location | Iran |
| Number | 31 |
| Populations | 591,000 (Ilam province) – 13,323,000 (Tehran province) |
| Areas | 5,833 km2 (2,252 sq mi) (Alborz province) – 183,285 km2 (70,767 sq mi) (Kerman province) |
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Iran is subdivided into thirty-one provinces (Persian: استان ostân), each governed from a local centre, usually the largest local city, which is called the capital (Persian: مرکز, markaz) of that province. The provincial authority is headed by a governor-general (Persian: استاندار ostândâr), who is appointed by the Minister of the Interior subject to approval of the cabinet.