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The nation has been the center of various empires over the past two thousand years, including the Median, Persian, and Islamic Empires. The region came under increasing Western influence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most notably Britain, who controlled much of the nation's vast oil reserves until after World War II. In 1979, the Persian Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was overthrown by Ayatollah Khomeini, who established the nation's current Islamic Republic and held a group of Americans hostage at their Tehran embassy for over a year.

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rdfs:label
  • Persia (Alternity)
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  • The nation has been the center of various empires over the past two thousand years, including the Median, Persian, and Islamic Empires. The region came under increasing Western influence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most notably Britain, who controlled much of the nation's vast oil reserves until after World War II. In 1979, the Persian Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was overthrown by Ayatollah Khomeini, who established the nation's current Islamic Republic and held a group of Americans hostage at their Tehran embassy for over a year.
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city largest
CoGtitle
  • President
CoGname
  • Mohammad Khatami
city other
  • Basra, Bushehr
HoSname
  • Ali Khamenei
name short
  • Persia
HoStitle
  • Supreme Leader
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Timeline
  • Alternity
Name en
  • Islamic Republic of Persia
Name
  • Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Persiā
  • جمهوری اسلامی ایران را
coa caption
  • Coat of Arms
regime
  • Authoritarian presidential republic
Internet TLD
  • .pr
Language
  • Persian, Arabic
Currency
  • Persian rial
Seal
  • Emblem of Iran.svg
Population
  • 116659000(xsd:integer)
Flag caption
  • Flag
Governing body
  • Senate
Demonym
  • Persian
Timezone
  • Persia Standard Time
map width
  • 271(xsd:integer)
otl
  • Iran, Iraq, southeastern Turkey, eastern Syria
seal width
  • 60(xsd:integer)
Capital
Organizations
Flag
  • Flag of Iran.svg
abstract
  • The nation has been the center of various empires over the past two thousand years, including the Median, Persian, and Islamic Empires. The region came under increasing Western influence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most notably Britain, who controlled much of the nation's vast oil reserves until after World War II. In 1979, the Persian Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was overthrown by Ayatollah Khomeini, who established the nation's current Islamic Republic and held a group of Americans hostage at their Tehran embassy for over a year. From 1980 to 1986, Persia engaged in war with neighboring Iraq and its dictator, Saddam Hussein, after which it annexed the latter nation. The rampant Persian military was finally brought to a standstill in the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War, in which a UN coalition led by the United States and Britain intervened on behalf of the tiny, oil-rich and occupied nation of Kuwait, dealing the Persians heavy blows and ultimately forcing them from Kuwait. Since then, Persia has focused largely on securing their territory and developing new weapons with which to combat its neighbors, notably Israel and Turkey. These weapons have been confirmed to be mainly chemical in nature, though Persia is widely known to have an active nuclear program.
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