Iran’s total area is larger than previously thought by some 14 percent, Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi was quoted by the state television Web site as saying last Monday.
“The actual area of Iran is 1,873,959 square kilometers,” Vahidi said, adding: “The area given so far for Iran was lower, and now this new figure should be used.”
Most international documents and atlases, especially the geography textbooks used in Iranian schools, give 1,648,195 square kilometers as the area of Iran.
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Vahidi, speaking at the unveiling of new mapping software designed by the Iranian military, did not explain how this sudden gain of 225,764 square kilometers in Iranian territory was calculated.
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伊朗國營電視台網站引述伊朗國防部長阿邁德‧瓦希迪上週一的話說，伊朗總面積比先前認知的，還要再大百分之十四。
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瓦希迪表示：「伊朗實際國土面積是一百八十七萬三千九百五十九平方公里。」他補充說：「伊朗面積目前被少算，應由現在這個新的『數據』取代。」
大部分國際文件與地圖，尤其是伊朗學校用的地理課本，都寫伊朗面積為一百六十四萬八千一百九十五平方公里。
瓦希迪是在伊朗軍方設計繪製地圖新軟體發表會的演說中，公布該消息，但並未解釋這個突然多出的二十二萬五千七百六十四平方公里，是如何計算出來的。
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