The previous name of Iran was the QAJJAR KINGDOM OF PERSIA. 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.
Until 1935 Iran was officially known as Persia. However, Iran and Persia was used interchangeably until 1979 after the revolution.
Edit: the name Iran have been used since Maads. it means Land Of Aryans
Persia. That's where they got the language name PERSIAN.
Persia is what the Greek called Iran in ancient world. it backs to 2500 years ago. In that time the governing dynasty in IRAN was from a tribe named Pars. Persia is derived from that name.
Iran, the oldest country on Earth, was formerly known as Persia.
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The former name of Iran was Persia.
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To name just 2 River Qom River Zab
Ethiopia's former name was Abyssinia.
The former name of Suriname was Guyana
What is russias former name
former name does go in parenthesis if stating current name.
The former name of Afghanistan was Khorasan & Ariana
Persia had no former name, it was always known as Persia.
Its former name is the Imperial Russian Ballet.
The former name of the archipelago known as Tavula is Fiji.
Edo is the former name for Tokyo, present capital of Japan
Shares its name with a former Secretary of the Treasury?
13."Kingfisher Red" is the name of which former airlines?