Iran

Iran (Persian: ?????) is a Middle Eastern country located in Southwest Asia bordering Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkmenistan to the north, Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, Turkey and Iraq to the west. Although locally known as Iran at least since the Sassanian period, until 1935 the country was referred to in the West as Persia. In 1959, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi announced that both terms could be used. In 1979 a revolution which was eventually led by the Ayatollah Khomeini, established a theocratic Islamic Republic, changing the country's official name into the Islamic Republic of Iran (?????? ?????? ?????). The name Iran is a cognate of the Aryan meaning "Land of the Aryans."

Culture

Main article: Culture of Iran

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Like all ancient civilizations, culture constitutes the focal point and heart of Iranian civilization. The art, music, architecture, poetry, philosophy, traditions, and ideology of this country have made it a continuously important nation in the global community. In fact, many Iranians believe their culture to be the one and only reason why their civilization has continuously survived thousands of years of plethoric calamities.

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• Iranian art
• Ey Iran
• Persian poetry
• Full list of Iranian Kingdoms
• List of famous Iranians
• Music of Iran
• Higher education in Iran
• List of universities in Iran
• Islam in Iran
• Iranian Architecture
• Persian rugs
• Education in Iran
• Persian Gardens
• Persian language
• Persian cuisine
• Cuisine of Iran
• Cinema of Iran
• Persian Women
• List of all things Persian
• Iranian languages
• List of Iranian scientists of the pre-modern age.
• List of Iranian scientists and engineers of the modern age.
• Major cities in Iran
• List of mountains in Iran