The previous name of Iran was Persia, not Prussia. The name of the country of Persia was changed to Iran in 1935 when Reza Shah Pahlavi overthrew the Qajjar Kingdom of Persia and created the Iranian Empire.
Persia is the old name for the country that is now known as Iran.
There is no country that separates Iraq and Iran.
Afghanistan is the name of the country that borders Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and Tajikistan and Iran!
Iran has always been Iran, Although People of Iran has called their land Iran for at least 2600 years,until 1937 Iran was internationally known as "Persian Empire",on that year the ambassador of Nazi Germany suggested the king of Persia to change the official name to Iran to reflect the country's Aryan origins(Iran means the land of Aryans) and as a result tighten the bonds with their German relatives.
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Modern Persia IS Iran. The two names refer to the same country. Persia was an exonym (a word used by others to name the country) and Iran was an endonym (a word used by people of that country to refer to the country). In 1925, Reza Shah Pahlavi made the endonym Iran the official name of the country.
this country is Iran. it was originally pursia
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