Why in the news?

  • Iran has ratified a law to join the United Nations International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) in a bid to align with global financial norms.

Iran

  • Location: West Asia
  • Capital: Tehran
  • Border Countries: Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • Border Sharing Waterbodies: Caspian Sea, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf.
  • Key Cooperation with India : Chabahar Port , INSTC.