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Iran used to be called Persia. It changed its name in the early 1920s. (Prussia, which sounds similar, is an entirely different country, formerly located in the eastern part of, what is now, United Germany

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What is the word Persia mean?

The word Persia describes the ancient country of Persia which till the 1970`s was called with thesame name around the world, Even after 2600 years. But when the Pahlavi Dynasty started, the countrys name was changed to "IRAN" meaning " The land of the Aryans"


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Persia was the old name of Iran.the correct term is Persia and it's the ancient name of Iran. Persian is the term used for people from Persia


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Persia is the old name for the current nation of Iran. For various Persian Wars, see: Persia, Iran-Iraq War, etc.


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