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The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was known in the Western world) is intertwined with Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning from Anatolia to the Indus River and from the Caucasus to the Persian Gulf. Central to this area is modern-day Iran, which covers the bulk of the Iranian plateau.
The Iran–Iraq War was the deadliest conventional war ever fought between regular armies of developing countries. [ 14 ] Massacres of Iranian political prisoners , thousands of cases of forced disappearances, executions, torture and inhuman and degrading treatment .
Saladin, a noted adversary of the Crusaders, was an ethnic Kurd, while various empires centered in Iran (including the Safavids) re-established a modern dialect of Persian as the official language spoken throughout much of what is today Iran and the Caucasus. Iranian influence was also an principal factor in the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman ...
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.
Architectural elements from the time of Iran's ancient Persian empires have been adopted and incorporated in later period. [78] They were used especially during the modernization of Iran under the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty to contribute to the characterization of the modern country with its ancient history. [79] [80]
The history of Iran's culture is marked by the influence of ancient civilizations such as the Elamites and Persians, as well as the Achaemenid and Sassanian empires.. The Arab conquest in the 7th century introduced Islamic traditions, which merged with pre-Islamic customs.
This is a list of wars involving the Islamic Republic of Iran and its predecessor states. It is an unfinished historical overview. It is an unfinished historical overview. Conflict
History of Iran by topic (12 C, 1 P) * Iran history-related lists (1 C, 23 P) A. Archaeology of Iran (7 C, 18 P) E. Historical events in Iran (43 C, 2 P) F.