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Iran ( / aɪ ˈ r æ n / or i / ɪ ˈ r ɑː n / ; Persian : Irān – ایران [ʔiːˈɾɒːn] ), also known as Persia ( / ˈ p ɜːr ʒ ə / or / ˈ p ɜːr ʃ ə / ), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ( جمهوری اسلامی ایران – Jomhuri ye Eslāmi ye Irān [d͡ʒomhuːˌɾije eslɒːˌmije ʔiːˈɾɒːn] ), is a country in Western Asia . It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia , the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh , and Azerbaijan ; with Kazakhstan and Russia across the Caspian Sea ; to the northeast by Turkmenistan ; to the east by Afghanista
In the Western world , Persia (or its cognates) was historically the common name for Iran . In 1935, Reza Shah asked foreign delegates to use the term Iran , the historical name 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 Sha
The term " Iran " derives immediately from Middle Persian Ērān , Pahlavi ʼ yr ʼ n , first attested in an inscription that accompanies the investiture relief of the first Sassanid king Ardashir I at Naqsh-e Rustam . In this inscription, the king's Middle Persian appellation is ardašīr šāhān šāh ērān while in the Parthian language inscription that accompanies the Middle Persian one the king is titled ardašīr šāhān šāh aryān (Pahlavi: ... ʼ ry ʼ n ) both meaning king of kings of Iranians.