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.