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The country of Iran was once called Persia. REZA SHAH CHANGED ITS NAME TO IRAN
Who ever posted this answer above is totally and completely wrong.
Today's countries that include the ancient land of Persia is not only Iran in fact the Persian empire ruled Central Asia including: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, parts of Pakistan, India and Iraq, Northern Saudi Arabia-Lebanon-Syria-Jordan-Israel-Palestine. They even ruled African parts such as he whole of ancient Egypt and even Libya. Persia was also some of the countries in Europe such as Turkey-Bulgaria-Albania. Those are the countries which was the country of Ancient Persia.
The first answer was not totally wrong. The second answer is true of the Persian Empire, but the homeland, the territory that was originally Persia, is mostly correspondent with modern Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 9y agoUntil 1935 Iran was called Persia.
Persia was one of many countries where the exonym (the name other people call a country) and the endonym (the name the citizens of that country call it) were different. This came about mainly due to the writings of Greek historians who called Iran "Persis", meaning land of the Persians and this has continued long after the fall of Ancient Greece. A current example would be Germany. Germans have an endonym of Deutschland, but English speakers call it Germany, French speakers call it Allemagne, Polish speakers called it Niemcy, etc. The Persian endonym was Iran and in 1935, Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran asked that all countries around the world use the term "Iran" in all future correspondence with the state (as opposed to the historic exonym Persia). It has stuck.
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∙ 15y agoThe country that used to be called Persia is Iran. However if asked some Iranian people prefer to say their from Persia, not Iran.
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∙ 9y agoIran. It was called Persia because it had become the homeland of the Persian people.
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∙ 9y agoIRAN
In 1935, Shah Reza Pahlavi asked that all foreigners call Persia by its historic endonym, Iran.
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∙ 9y agoIran was formerly called Persia.
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∙ 6y agoIran.
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∙ 13y agoIran
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What is the town that used to be called persia?
Persia was a country, not a town; the country is now called Iran. Its ancient capital was Persepolis.
What middle eastern country by iraq used to be called persia?
IRAN is the neighbor of Iraq that used to be called Persia.
What is the name of the country used to be called Persia?
Iran
What country was once called Persia?
Persia was once called Iran
What middle eastern country that lies between Iraq and I Afghanistan used to be called Persia?
The question as written makes no sense. Iraq and Iran (formerly called Persia each other with no country in between them. (Consult the above map.) However, if you meant to ask which country is between Afghanistan and Iraq, it would be Iran (formerly called Persia).As for the modern country that used to be called Persia, this would be Iran.
What is the country called which was once Persia?
Persia is now known as Iran.
How big is persia?
There is not a country called Persia at present. Today's Iran was called Persia in ancient times. Now it is 1.68sq km.
Is Iran a Middle Eastern country that lies between Iraq and Afghanistan that used to be called Persia?
Yes. Iran is a middle eastern country that lies between Iraq and Afghanistan that was called Persia until 1935.
What county used to be named Persia?
Iran used to be called Persia.
Which country used to be Persia?
Iran.
Is perzie a country?
Assuming that by Perzie you mean Persia, then yes, it is a country. It's no longer called Persia though, from 1935 it's called Iran.
Did Iraq used to be Persia?
No. Iraq used to be called Mesopotamia. It is Iran that used to be Persia.
