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Originally Posted by jamesqf

Unfortunately, Persia hasn't existed for close to 1400 years, since it was destroyed in the first wave of Islamic imperialism: Muslim conquest of Persia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Iran is no more Persia than Turkey is the Eastern Roman Empire.

From The World Almanac and David Yergin's "The Prize": Persia became "Iran" in 1935,under Shah Reza Khan's modernization program for Persia.Anglo-Persian Oil Co. became Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.( in 1954 Anglo changed it's name to British Petroleum ).--------- Afganistan was also "Persia" until 1857,when it was severed from the mother country by Britain.------------ In July and August of 1953,Iranian Prime Minister,Dr.Mohammed Mossadegh was thrown from power during" Operation Ajax",a joint CIA/MI6 venture led by Kermit Roosevelt.--------- Many Iranian emigres who live in the Denton,Texas area refer to their former homeland as Persia,rich in history and innovation,from which I borrow their phonetic alphabet and writing to create this post.