Name of Iran
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name-of-iran-184-2113952
title:
Name of Iran
text:
Historically, Iran was commonly referred to as "Persia" in the Western world. Likewise, the modern-day ethnonym "Persian" was typically used as a demonym for all Iranian nationals, regardless of whether or not they were ethnic Persians. This terminology prevailed until 1935, when, during an international gathering for Nowruz, the Iranian king Reza Shah Pahlavi officially requested that foreign delegates begin using the endonym "Iran" in formal correspondence. Subsequently, "Iran" and "Iranian" w
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Iran
date created:
2005-07-26T16:16:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T03:53:28Z
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