The constant movement of the Iranian Plate results in an increase in pressure.

The location of the country is on the boundary where two tectonic plates, the Iranian Plate and the Eurasian Plate, meet.

Both the Iranian Plate and the Eurasian Plate consists of continental crust, which can neither sink nor be destroyed.

The Iranian Plate is thought to underlie Iran and parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

The Zagros fold and thrust belt was formed by collision of two tectonic plates - the Eurasian and Iranian Plates.