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

[STATUS: ONLINE / NOMINAL] [CENTROID LAT: 32.4279, LON: 53.6880] [GLOBAL AFFINITY: -3.50] [TIMESTAMP: 2026-10-16T19:15:03.3874782Z]

[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 [....................] -11.65 ▲ +0.58% BorderSecurityAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-IRQ] →
TUR [====................] -5.63 ▲ +2.29% 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 [....................] -14.53 ▼ -0.49% BorderSecurityAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-PAK] →
USA [....................] -14.39 ▲ +0.78% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-USA] →
OMN [....................] -13.34 ▲ +0.94% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-OMN] →
SAU [....................] -13.09 ▼ -0.95% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-SAU] →
ISR [....................] -12.88 ▼ -0.32% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-ISR] →
CHN [=...................] -9.06 ▲ +0.79% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: CHN-IRN] →
RUS [==..................] -8.26 ▼ -0.86% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-RUS] →
GBR [....................] -18.17 ▼ -0.36% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: GBR-IRN] →
QAT [....................] -12.34 ▲ +0.34% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-QAT] →
ARE [....................] -9.94 ▼ -1.11% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: ARE-IRN] →
YEM [....................] -11.34 ▼ -0.80% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-YEM] →

[03] NATIONAL TRADE & COMMODITY FLOW SUMMARY

ANNUAL EXPORTS
$60.00 B USD
Outbound Goods & Services
ANNUAL IMPORTS
$125.00 B USD
Inbound Goods & Services
NET TRADE BALANCE
$-65.00 B USD
Net Trade Deficit
TRADE OPENNESS RATIO
44.6%
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.