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Every place CaspianReport mentions in "Geopolitics of Iran", mapped
// THE CRUX Iran's rugged mountainous perimeter and central deserts provide formidable natural defenses against external invasion while creating severe internal ethnic fragmentation and economic logistical challenges.
19 places, in order of mention
| 00:01 | Iran | In the last 500 years the borders of Iran |
| 00:07 | Zagros Mountains | This is because of the topographical barriers |
| 00:39 | Zagros Mountains | topographical barrier are the Zagros Mountains |
| 00:53 | Kurdistan Region | mountainous regions in Iraq and Turkey |
| 01:45 | Kermanshah | frontier border with Turkey and Iraq |
| 02:01 | Khuzestan Province | where you have the province of Khuzestan |
| 02:09 | Shatt al-Arab | join and form the Shatt al-Arab waterway |
| 02:13 | Abadan | makes Khuzestan a defensible region |
| 03:22 | Alborz Mountains | To the north you have the Alborz Mountains |
| 03:27 | Iranian Azerbaijan | mainly populated by Azerbaijanis or Azeris |
| 03:42 | Republic of Azerbaijan | independent Republic of Azerbaijan just to the north |
| 05:19 | Caspian Sea | there is the Caspian Sea and the Karakum Desert |
| 05:31 | Sistan and Baluchestan Province | in this region are the Balochi |
| 05:46 | Dasht-e Kavir | there are two uninhabitable deserts |
| 06:49 | Persian Gulf | To the south Iran borders the Persian Gulf |
| 06:56 | Bandar Abbas | port they have is Bandar Abbas located on the Strait of Hormuz |
| 06:58 | Strait of Hormuz | located on the Strait of Hormuz |
| 09:10 | Central Asia | northeast from Central Asian powers |
| 10:06 | Iran-Iraq Border | Saddam Hussein's army learned this the hard way |