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Every place CaspianReport mentions in "Geopolitics of Iran", mapped
// THE CRUX Iran's mountainous borders and desert interior create a natural fortress against foreign conquest but also isolate internal ethnic minorities and strain economic development.
25 places, in order of mention
| 00:01 | Iran | In the last 500 years the borders of Iran |
| 00:07 | Zagros Mountains | This is because of the topographical barriers |
| 00:10 | Persian Gulf | and a coastline in the south |
| 00:41 | Zagros Mountains | topographical barrier are the Zagros Mountains |
| 00:45 | Iranian Kurdistan | populated by many non-Persian ethnic groups like Kurds |
| 00:46 | Iranian Azerbaijan | and Azerbaijanis |
| 00:54 | Iraq | mountainous regions in Iraq and Turkey |
| 00:55 | Turkey | regions in Iraq and Turkey |
| 01:57 | Mesopotamia | border between Mesopotamia and Persia |
| 02:03 | Khuzestan Province | where you have the province of Khuzestan |
| 02:09 | Tigris-Euphrates River System | where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers join |
| 02:12 | Shatt al-Arab | form the Shatt al-Arab waterway |
| 03:23 | Alborz | To the north you have the Alborz Mountains |
| 03:42 | Azerbaijan | the independent Republic of Azerbaijan just to the north |
| 03:48 | Russia | divided by the Russian and Persian Empires |
| 05:19 | Caspian Sea | there is the Caspian Sea |
| 05:21 | Karakum Desert | and the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan |
| 05:28 | Pakistan | buffer zones against Russia and Pakistan |
| 05:32 | Sistan and Baluchestan Province | significant ethnic group in this region are the Balochis |
| 05:46 | Dasht-e Kavir | there are two uninhabitable deserts |
| 06:49 | Persian Gulf | To the south Iran borders the Persian Gulf |
| 06:56 | Bandar Abbas | only real port they have is Bandar Abbas |
| 06:58 | Strait of Hormuz | located on the Strait of Hormuz |
| 08:44 | Saudi Arabia | acquire assets in the Saudi oil |
| 10:07 | Iraq | learned this the hard way when they invaded Iran |