who know what was the old name of the country iran ?

Answer 1

In the Achaemenid Iran (648–330 BC), the Persian people called their homeland Pārsa, the Old Persian name for Cyrus the Great's kingdom which belonged to the Persian tribe of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranians and which can still be found in the term Pars or Fars as part of the heartland of Iran and for example in the map by Eratosthenes and other historical or modern maps. However, the country as a whole was called Aryanam, a term already used in the holy Iranian book Avesta by Zoroaster (est.1400-1000 BC, according to Plato and other greek sources as early as 7000 BC) and meaning "Land of the Aryans". In Parthian times (250 BC–226 AD) Aryanam was modified to Aryan. In the early Sassanid Period (226–650 AD) it had already evolved to Middle Persian Eran or Eran Shahr which finally resulted in New Persian Iran or Iran Shahr. The Greeks called the country Persis; this passed into Latin and became Persia, the name widely used in Western countries. [3][4][5]

In the twentieth century, a dispute arose over whether Iran or Persia is the correct name for the country. On 21 March 1935, the ruler of the country, Reza Shah Pahlavi, issued a decree asking foreign delegates to use the term Iran in formal correspondence in accordance with the fact that "Persia" was a term used by Western peoples for the country called "Iran" in Persian. After some scholars protested, his successor, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, announced in 1959 that both Persia and Iran were acceptable, and could be used interchangeably. The 1979 Revolution led to the establishment of the present day theocracy that is officially called the Islamic Republic of Iran, but the noun Persia and the adjective Persian are still commonly used.

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Answer 2

The previous name of Iran was: Persia

Answer 3

Persia was renamed Iran in 1934

Answer 4

Persia

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Before it was divided it was Persia, and present day Iran.

Answer 7

The name was Persia.

Answer 8

Persia.

Answer 9

Azerbaijan

Answer 10

I could have told you that!
By the way,did you know that Istanbul was once Constantinople?