the name of persia changed to iran in 1959.
the name of persia changed to iran in 1959.
when did the name of persia change to iran?
1959
in the western world, persia (or its cognates) was historically the common name for iran in the western countries. in 1935, reza shah asked foreign delegates and league of nations to use the term iran ("land of the aryans"), the endonym of the country, used by its native people, in formal correspondence. since then, in the western world, the use of the word "iran" has become more common. this also changed the usage of the names for the iranian nationality, and the common adjective for citizens of iran changed from persian to iranian. in 1959, the government of shah mohammad reza pahlavi, reza shah pahlavi's son, announced that both "persia" and "iran" could officially be used interchangeably. persian is the name of one of the ethnic groups of iran, persia (locally known as pars) is the name of one of iran's significant cultural provinces and the persian language although (internally) the country had been referred to as iran throughout much of its history since the sasanian empire, many countries including the english-speaking world knew the country as persia, a legacy of the greeks who referred to the entire country after the province of pars. while persians are only one of several ethnic groups in iran, their home province pars was a center of political power in ancient times under the achaemenid empire and sasanian empire as well as other iranian dynasties, hence the somewhat misleading usage of the name persia (in other countries) up to 1935 when referring to iran as a whole.
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persia, or iran, is a country in western asia.









































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bullet::::- persian empire, an empire based in western asia, founded in the 6th century bc
persia (disambiguation)