FOURTH HILL DIGITAL // COUNTRY DOSSIER: IRAN (IRN)

[STATUS: ONLINE / NOMINAL] [CENTROID LAT: 32.4279, LON: 53.6880] [GLOBAL AFFINITY: -3.36] [TIMESTAMP: 2026-08-21T20:15:02.9373095Z]

[01] STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE & REGIONAL VECTOR MAP

[02] NEIGHBOR & REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS MATRIX

365D AFFINITY SCORE METHODOLOGY

Score scale ranges from -10.00 (intense conflict, hostilities, sanctions) to +10.00 (formal strategic alliance, treaty integration). Baseline neutral is 0.00. Scores represent a weighted non-linear composite index balanced across 3 primary data vectors: 1) GDELT GKG v2.0 high-frequency news tone & event sentiment (40% weight - captures immediate 365-day media baseline), 2) UN General Assembly (UNGA) roll-call voting correlation matrices (35% weight - captures structural geopolitical & diplomatic alignment), and 3) UN Comtrade bilateral commodity trade volume & interdependence (25% weight - captures economic integration). A score of +2.00 reflects routine baseline alignment, while +4.00+ signifies high strategic cohesion.

30D TRAJECTORY DELTA METHODOLOGY

Measures short-term percentage shift in bilateral sentiment over the last 30 days relative to the 365-day moving average baseline. Positive percentages (▲ +%) signify accelerating convergence or improving diplomatic tone. Negative percentages (▼ -%) indicate growing structural friction or cooling relation. Derived from high-frequency GDELT 30-day news tone telemetry.

PARTNER / NEIGHBOR 365D AFFINITY SCORE 30D TRAJECTORY DELTA PRIMARY DOMAIN DYADIC LINK
IRQ [....................] -10.69 ▲ +0.01% BorderSecurityAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-IRQ] →
TUR [====................] -6.36 ▼ -0.50% BorderSecurityAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-TUR] →
ARM [==========..........] +0.00 ▲ +0.00% BorderSecurityAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: ARM-IRN] →
AZE [==========..........] +0.00 ▲ +0.00% BorderSecurityAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: AZE-IRN] →
TKM [==========..........] +0.00 ▲ +0.00% BorderSecurityAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-TKM] →
AFG [==========..........] +0.00 ▲ +0.00% BorderSecurityAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: AFG-IRN] →
PAK [....................] -14.45 ▲ +0.26% BorderSecurityAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-PAK] →
USA [....................] -14.40 ▲ +0.22% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-USA] →
OMN [....................] -12.80 ▲ +0.25% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-OMN] →
ISR [....................] -12.22 ▲ +0.21% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-ISR] →
QAT [....................] -12.04 ▲ +1.22% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-QAT] →
SAU [==..................] -8.45 ▲ +0.14% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-SAU] →
UKR [....................] -9.69 ▼ -0.32% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-UKR] →
KWT [....................] -11.42 ▲ +0.61% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-KWT] →
ARE [=...................] -9.07 ▲ +0.36% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: ARE-IRN] →
CHN [==..................] -7.53 ▼ -0.34% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: CHN-IRN] →
JOR [....................] -15.00 ▼ -0.01% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-JOR] →

[03] NATIONAL TRADE & COMMODITY FLOW SUMMARY

ANNUAL EXPORTS
$175.00 B USD
Outbound Goods & Services
ANNUAL IMPORTS
$170.00 B USD
Inbound Goods & Services
NET TRADE BALANCE
+$5.00 B USD
Net Trade Surplus
TRADE OPENNESS RATIO
191.7%
Total Trade % of GDP

Major Export Commodities

  • [EXPORT] Agricultural Products & Cereals
  • [EXPORT] Mineral Ores & Concentrates
  • [EXPORT] Energy & Raw Materials
  • [EXPORT] Manufactured Goods

Major Import Commodities

  • [IMPORT] Machinery & Industrial Equipment
  • [IMPORT] Refined Fuels & Energy
  • [IMPORT] Transport Vehicles & Parts
  • [IMPORT] Electronic Appliances

Top 5 Primary Trade Partners

Data Provenance: World Bank REST API / UN Comtrade HS Data

[04] DATA SOURCE ATTRIBUTION & SYSTEM PROVENANCE

GDELT Global Knowledge Graph (GKG v2.0)

Real-time news monitoring & CAMEO geopolitical event sentiment telemetry.

UN General Assembly Voting Correlation Matrix

State Voting Alignment Database for formal diplomatic voting cohesion score.

UN Comtrade & World Bank Open Data

National commodity vectors, GDP macro indicators & bilateral trade flow metrics.