a theocratic islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil; involved in state-sponsored terrorism
Iran, (, ĪrÄn), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (, transliteration: JomhÅ«rÄ«-ye EslÄmÄ«-ye ĪrÄn), and formerly known as Persia in the West, is a large Western Asian country located in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus. Its area equals the size of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Germany combined. Iran borders Armenia, Azerbaijan (including its Nakhichevan exclave) and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and Iraq and Turkey to the west.
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