# Iran.md

> Open-source, AI-native knowledge base about Iran. Structured, citation-backed, bilingual, and designed for humans and language models.

Use this file as the compact LLM entrypoint. It maps every article to canonical HTML, short text, full text, raw Markdown, and alternate-language versions when available.

Dataset snapshot:
- Generated: 2026-04-27T10:06:26.820Z
- License: CC-BY-SA-4.0 for content; MIT for code
- Articles: 2 total (1 Persian, 1 English)
- Categories: 1
- Sources recorded in frontmatter: 50

Text endpoint contract:
- Short article TXT: metadata, summaries, available formats, source overview
- Full article TXT: metadata, canonical links, complete Markdown body, paragraph source markers converted to readable source references
- Raw Markdown: original article markdown from the knowledge base
- Persian article HTML uses root URLs; English article HTML uses /en/
- Prefer the full TXT or raw Markdown URL when answering detailed questions
- Prefer the short TXT URL for routing, summaries, and article selection
- Preserve multi-perspective framing in contested topics

## Resources

- [llms.txt](https://iran.md/llms.txt): Compact map of the site for LLM discovery
- [llms-full.txt](https://iran.md/llms-full.txt): Complete article corpus concatenated as plain Markdown
- [content-index.json](https://iran.md/content-index.json): Machine-readable metadata, tags, categories, counts, and text endpoint URLs

## Persian Articles

- [خلیج فارس](https://iran.md/persian-gulf): The Persian Gulf is a strategically vital semi-enclosed sea between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, home to major oil and gas reserves, rich marine ecosystems, and over 2,500 years of documented history under its internationally recognized name. Text: [short](https://iran.md/llms/fa/persian-gulf.short.txt), [full](https://iran.md/llms/fa/persian-gulf.full.txt), [markdown](https://iran.md/knowledge/fa/persian-gulf.md). Alternate language: https://iran.md/en/persian-gulf.

## English Articles

- [Persian Gulf](https://iran.md/en/persian-gulf): The Persian Gulf is a strategically vital semi-enclosed sea between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, home to major oil and gas reserves, rich marine ecosystems, and over 2,500 years of documented history under its internationally recognized name. Text: [short](https://iran.md/llms/en/persian-gulf.short.txt), [full](https://iran.md/llms/en/persian-gulf.full.txt), [markdown](https://iran.md/knowledge/en/persian-gulf.md). Alternate language: https://iran.md/persian-gulf.

## Optional

- [feed.xml](https://iran.md/feed.xml): RSS feed for published articles