from Persian Iran, from Middle Persian Ērān "(land) of the Iranians," genitive plural of ēr- "an Iranian," from Old Iranian *arya- (Old Persian ariya-, Avestan airya-) "Iranian", from Indo-Iranian *arya- or *ārya- (see Aryan), a self-designation, perhaps meaning "compatriot." In 1935 the government of Reza Shah Pahlavi requested governments with which it had diplomatic relations to call his country Iran, after the indigenous name, rather than the Greek-derived Persia.
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1. Iran remains an enigma for the outside world.
对于外界而言,伊朗仍是个谜。
2. Iran reopened its embassy in London.
伊朗在伦敦重开使馆。
3. Jim has been sent to Iran to report on the situation there.
吉姆已被派往伊朗报道那里的局势.
4. The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.
上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格.
5. Their cloak of neutrality in the Iran - Iraq war was beginning to wear a bit thin.