provinces of Iran

Iran is subdivided into thirty provinces (Persian: استان ostān, plural استان‌ها ostānhā), each governed from a local center, usually the largest local city, which is called the capital (Persian: مرکز markaz) of that province. The provincial authority is headed by a governor (Persian: استاندار ostāndār), who is appointed by the Minister of the Interior subject to approval of the cabinet.
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