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In both the geographic and demonymic senses, Ērān is distinguished from the antonymic Anērān, literally meaning "non-Iran" (i.e., non-Aryan). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the geographic sense, Ērān was also distinguished from Ērānšahr , which was the preferred endonym of the Sasanian Empire , notwithstanding the fact that it included lands that were ...
Iran officially uses the full title in all governance names referring to the country (e.g. the Islamic Republic of Iran Army or the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting); as opposed to its equivalents in Pakistan which are called the Pakistan Armed Forces and the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation. Also, unlike the other countries, Iran uses ...
Modern reconstruction of the ancient world map of Eratosthenes from c. 200 BC, using the names Ariana and Persis. The Greeks (who had previously tended to use names related to "Median") began to use adjectives such as Pérsēs (Πέρσης), Persikḗ (Περσική) or Persís (Περσίς) in the fifth century BC to refer to Cyrus the Great's empire (a word understood to mean "country"). [17]
Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s day of reckoning is looming. ... equipped and trained by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps — on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 70th birthday ...
The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran mandates that the official religion of Iran is Shia Islam and the Twelver Ja'fari school, though it also mandates that other Islamic schools are to be "accorded full respect", and their followers are free to act in accordance with their own jurisprudence in performing their religious rites.
The national emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran features four curves and a sword, surmounted by a shadda. The emblem was designed by Hamid Nadimi, and was officially approved by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the first Supreme Leader of Iran, on 9 May 1980. The four curves, surmounted by the shadda, are a stylized representation of the word ...
Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Use: National : Proportion: 4:7: Design: After the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution, the special flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran was replaced by the revolutionaries with the Pahlavi "Lion and Sun flag", and 22 "Allahu Akbar" (in honor of the 22th day of Bahman, the victory day of the Islamic Republic of Iran Revolution) were placed on the edge of the ...