Islamic Republic of Iran Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân Iran, also known as Persia and officially as the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in the Middle East. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east. 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺: "The Eastern Sun" 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲: Persian 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Islamic Republic 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: Rial 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿: 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁: