Iran is 178 times larger than Cyprus.
Area: 9,251 km2 World Factbook
Population: 1,172,458 (July 2014) World Factbook
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, and a member state of the European Union. Wikipedia
Area: 1,648,195 km2 World Factbook
Population: 80,840,713 (July 2014) World Factbook
Iran, also known as Persia, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia. Wikipedia