why iran and not persia?
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Iranians always called their country Iran (the literal meaning is “Land of the Aryans”). Persia was the name that the Greeks gave to the country during the Achaemenid empire, but the name “Persis” or “Persia” is not accurate because Persia is just one province of Iran among many.
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Islam has been the official religion of Iran since then, except for a short duration after the Mongol raids and establishment of Ilkhanate. Iran became an Islamic republic after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 which ended the Persian monarchy.
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Iran borders Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan. It shares maritime borders with Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. With an area of 1,648,195 km², Iran is almost three times the size of France or somewhat smaller than the US state of Alaska.
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Evidently from the time of the Sassanids (226–651 CE) Iranians have called it Iran, meaning the "Land of the Aryans" and Iranshahr. In Middle Persian sources, the name Arya and Iran is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian empires as well as the Sassanid empire.
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Persians typically don't cook and eat spicy food in their indigenous cuisine, while a great deal if not majority of Indian ethnic groups do. In appearance while there are overlaps between southern/central Persians and ethnic groups found in western and northern India, they overall look phenotypically different.
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Americans can travel to Iran freely but they do need to know a few things about tours and visas before planning their trip. The relationship with Iran is strained due to many political and economic reasons but it is perfectly legal to travel to Iran as an American citizen.
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Iran signed the NPT as a non-nuclear state in 1968 and ratified it in 1970, when Iran was ruled by the Shah Reza Pahlavi, a close ally of the United States.
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Name of Iran. In the Western world, Persia (or one of its cognates) was historically the common name for Iran. ... In 1959, the government of Mohammad Reza Shah, Reza Shah's son, announced that both "Persia" and "Iran" can be used interchangeably, in formal correspondence.
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Het binnenland van Iran en steden als Shiraz, Yazd en Isfahan zijn prima te bezoeken. Ook de hoofdstad Teheran is veilig om naartoe te reizen. ... Kortom, Iran is een veilig land om naartoe te reizen en er is dus een positief reisadvies, zolang je de grensgebieden vermijdt.
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In summary, Iran is considered a “third world” country due to its freedom limitations. This is a slightly different concept than being a developing country which is measured by several indexes including HDI.
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Iran is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, being crossed by several major faults that cover at least 90% of the country. As a result, earthquakes in Iran occur often and are destructive.
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Persia, historic region of southwestern Asia associated with the area that is now modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries and originated from a region of southern Iran formerly known as Persis, alternatively as Pārs or Parsa, modern Fārs.
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Iran is a founding member of the UN, ECO, OIC, and OPEC. It is a major regional and middle power, and its large reserves of fossil fuels—including the world's largest natural gas supply and the third largest proven oil reserves—exert considerable influence in international energy security and the world economy.
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Armenia is in Western Asia, but not in the middle east.
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Iran is unique in the Muslim world because its population is overwhelmingly more Shia than Sunni (Shia constitute 95% of the population) and because its constitution is theocratic republic based on rule by a Shia jurist.
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Non-Arab Middle Eastern countries such as Turkey, Israel and Iran are also subject to important migration dynamics. A fair proportion of those migrating from Arab nations are from ethnic and religious minorities facing racial and or religious persecution and are not necessarily ethnic Arabs, Iranians or Turks.
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Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 497% larger than Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~82.0 million people (244.6 million more people live in United States).