See soorce fer Provinces o Iran

'''[[Iran]]''' is subdividit intae thirty ane provinces ([[Persian leid|Persian]]: استان ''Ostān'', plural استان‌ها ''Ostānhā''), ilka ane govrened frae a local center, uisually the lairgest local ceety, which is cried the caipital ([[Persian leid|Persian]]:  ''[[Markaz]]'') o that province. The provincial authority is heidit bi a Govrenor-General<ref name="govgen">{{cite web| url=http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/line-203/0710215516003338.htm| title="Paris for further cultural cooperation with Iran"| first=Online Edition| last=IRNA| accessdate=2007-10-21| archive-date=2007-10-23| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023184320/http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/line-203/0710215516003338.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref> ([[Persian leid|Persian]]:  ''Ostāndār''), who is appointit bi the Meenister o the Interior subject tae approval o the [[Cabinet (govrenment)|cabinet]].

== Modren History ==
Accordin tae Encyclopaedia Britannica<ref name="britannica">[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Persia Persia entry in Encyclopaedia Britannica]</ref>, in 1908 there wur thirty five admeenistrative diveesions in Persie, as follaes: 
* Provinces: 1. Arabistan an Bakhtiari, 2. Astarabad and Gurgan, 3. Azerbaijan, 4. Fars, 5. Gerrus, 6. Gilan and Talish, 7. Hamada[n], 8. Irak, Gulpaigan, Khunsar, [Kezzaz, Ferakan, an Tusirkhan], 9. Isfahan, 10. Kashan, 11. Kazvin, 12. Kerman an Baluchistan, 13. Kermanshah, 14. Kamseh, 15. Khar, 16. Khorasan, 17. Kum, 18. Kurdistan, 19. Luristan and Burujird, 20. Mazandaran, 21. Nehavend, Malayir and Kamereh, 22. Savah, 23. Samnan an Damghan, 24. Shahrud an Bostam, 25. Teheran, 26. Zerend an Bagdadi Shahsevens. 
* Dependencies: 1. Asadabad, 2. Demavend, 3. Firuzkuh, 4. Josehekan, 5. Kangaver, 6. Natanz, 7. [], 8. Tarom Ulia, 9. Kharakan.

Till 1950, Iran wis dividit intae twal provinces: Ardalan, Azarbaijan, Baluchestan, Fars, Gilan, Araq-e Ajam, Khorasan, Khuzestan, Kerman, Larestan, Lorestan, and Mazandaran<ref name="statoid">{{cite web| url=http://www.statoids.com/uir.html| title="Provinces of Iran"| first=Statoids website| last=Gwillim Law| accessdate=2006-04-30}}</ref>.

In 1950, Iran wis reorganized tae form ten numbered provinces wi subordinate govrenorates: Gilan; Mazandaran; East Azarbaijan; Wast Azarbaijan; Kermanshah; Khuzestan; Fars; Kerman; Khorasan; Isfahan.<ref name="statoid" />

Frae 1960 tae 1981 the govrenorates wur raised tae provincial status ane bi ane. Syne then several new provinces hae been creatit, maist recently in 2004 when the province o [[Khorasan Province|Khorasan]] wis split intae three new provinces<ref name="jazeera">{{cite web| url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2B2C2624-ECBE-473A-AF89-A62AF91E7550.htm| title="Iran breaks up largest province"| first=Al-Jazeera Satellite Network| last=Online edition| accessdate=2006-04-30}}</ref> as well as splittin o the new [[Alborz Province]] frae Teheran province in 2010.

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File:Persia 1814.jpg|1814 Thomson Map o the admeenistrative diveesions o Persie
File:The Russo-British Pact in 1905.jpg|Map showin the Breetish an Roushie spheres o influence in [[Warld War I]] wi approximate province borders in 1907
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==Current Provinces==
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==References==
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[[Category:Provinces o Iran| ]]
[[Category:Subdiveesions o Iran]]
[[Category:Leets o kintra subdiveesions|Iran, Provinces]]
[[Category:Kintra subdiveesions o Asie|Iran 1]]
[[Category:First-level admeenistrative kintra subdiveesions|Provinces, Iran]]
[[Category:Iran-relatit leets]]