https://worldafropedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Iran&feed=atom&action=historyIran - Revision history2024-03-28T16:09:00ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.0https://worldafropedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Iran&diff=35168&oldid=prevKofi: Created page with "'''Iran''' is a country in Western Asia.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | title =Iran Country Profile | publisher =BBC NEWS | url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-1..."2012-10-21T02:26:27Z<p>Created page with "'''Iran''' is a country in <a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Western_Asia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Western Asia (page does not exist)">Western Asia</a>.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | title =Iran Country Profile | publisher =BBC NEWS | url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-1..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Iran''' is a country in [[Western Asia]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | title =Iran Country Profile | publisher =BBC NEWS | url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14541327 | accessdate = 8 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/ces_definition.html|title="CESWW" – Definition of Central Eurasia|publisher=Cesww.fas.harvard.edu|accessdate=1 August 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_iran.html [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]].]</ref> The name "[[Iran (word)|Iran]]", which in Persian means "Land of the [[Aryan]]s", has been in native use since the [[Sassanid Empire|Sassanian era]]. It came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as '''Persia'''. Both "Persia" and "Iran" are used interchangeably in cultural contexts; however, "Iran" is the name used officially in political contexts.<ref name="artarena">[http://www.art-arena.com/history.html Iransaga], "Persia or Iran, a brief history".</ref><ref name="iranian">[http://www.iranian.ws/art.htm Iranian.ws]{{dead link|date=June 2011}}, Iranian & Persian Art.</ref><br />
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