Hvornår skiftede persien navn til iran?
1935
Name of Iran
I den vestlige verden var Persien (eller et af dets beslægtede navne) historisk set det almindelige navn for Iran. I 1935 bad Reza Shah Pahlavi udenlandske delegerede om at bruge udtrykket Iran, landets historiske navn, der blev brugt af dets indfødte befolkning, i formel korrespondance. Iran betyder bogstaveligt talt arieres land på persisk. Siden da er det blevet mere almindeligt at bruge ordet "Iran" i den vestlige verden. Dette ændrede også brugen af betegnelserne for iransk nationalitet, og det almindelige tillægsord for borgere i Iran ændrede sig fra persisk til iransk. I 1959 meddelte regeringen under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Reza Shah Pahlavis søn, at både "Persien" og "Iran" officielt kunne bruges i flæng.
1935
Name of Iran
In the Western world, Persia (or one of its cognates) was historically the common name for Iran. In 1935, Reza Shah Pahlavi asked foreign delegates to use the term Iran, the historical name of the country, used by its native people, in formal correspondence. Iran literally means Land of Aryans in Persian language. Since then, in the Western World, the use of the word "Iran" has become more common. This also changed the usage of the terms for Iranian nationality, and the common adjective for citizens of Iran changed from Persian to Iranian. In 1959, the government of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Reza Shah Pahlavi's son, announced that both "Persia" and "Iran" could officially be used interchangeably.
Name of Iran