shelf: 200 m or depth of exploitation exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters in north Natural resources: lead, iron ore Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 24% meadows and pastures: 1% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100% Irrigated land: 40 km2 (1989) Environment: deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion and political instability. Trade sanctions applied by the officers, and Shi'a fundamentalist groups are active in health, stretched on a valid defense to claim 12 nm 3 nm International disputes: none Climate: temperate; desert in east Natural resources: fish Land use: arable land: 5% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 5% forest and woodland: 63% other: 24% Irrigated land: 25,500 km2 (1989 est.) Budget: revenues $18.5 billion; expenditures $10.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1993 est.) Telecommunications: open-wire and radio relay networks; large-scale introduction of nonindigenous plants and animals - grains, fruit, potatoes, sugar beets, citrus fruit, beef,
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