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Is Persia a country or a state?

Persia was the old name of Iran.the correct term is Persia and it's the ancient name of Iran. Persian is the term used for people from Persia


Is Persia in the UK?

Persia is not in the UK country. Persia is actually the old name for Iran. The people of Iran are known as Persians.


What country's old name was Persia?

Iran used to be called Persia. It changed its name in the early 1920s. (Prussia, which sounds similar, is an entirely different country, formerly located in the eastern part of, what is now, United Germany


What is the difference between Iran and Persia?

Persia is the old name of Iran


What name did the country of Iran used to have?

Persia.


What was the old name of Iran?

Persia


What is old name of the Iran?

Persia


When was the country of Persia officially changed to Iran?

The country of Persia officially changed name in 1935. This was only for foreigners. In an official decree, the Iranian foreign office has asked the foreign embassies to use the name Iran, as Iranians have always named their country, instead of Persia which was considered being an old fashioned name for a country which wanted to be considered as modern.


What is the present day name of the country that was called Persia?

Persia is now known as Iran.


What is the name of the country used to be called Persia?

Iran


What is the name of an old Iranian realm?

Persia


How is modern Persia like Iran?

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.