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Ancient Persia hella based (europe.pub)
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[โ€“] Jimbo@pawb.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Should have stuck with the name Persia. Imagine throwing out such well a respected and historic name

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Iran is also very ancient and more widely used inside of Iran itself, which is why they asked the international community in the 1930s to start using it. I agree Persia sounds cooler, though.