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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 Islamic Republic of Iran
1991 Islamic Republic of Iran
1992 Islamic Republic of Iran
1993 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran
1994 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran
1995 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran
1996 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran
1997 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form : Iran
1998 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran
1999 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran
2000 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran
2001 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2002 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran former: Persia
2003 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran
2004 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2005 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2006 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2007 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2008 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2009 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2010 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2011 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2012 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2013 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2014 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia
2015 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran | conventional short form: Iran | local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran | local short form: Iran | former: Persia
2016 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran | conventional short form: Iran | local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran | local short form: Iran | former: Persia | etymology: name derives from the Avestan term "aryanam" meaning "Land of the noble [ones]"
2017 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran | conventional short form: Iran | local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran | local short form: Iran | former: Persia | etymology: name derives from the Avestan term "aryanam" meaning "Land of the noble [ones]"
2018 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran | conventional short form: Iran | local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran | local short form: Iran | former: Persia | etymology: name derives from the Avestan term "aryanam" meaning "Land of the noble [ones]"
2019 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran | conventional short form: Iran | local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran | local short form: Iran | former: Persia | etymology: name derives from the Avestan term "aryanam" meaning "Land of the Noble [Ones]"
2020 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran | conventional short form: Iran | local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran | local short form: Iran | former: Persia | etymology: name derives from the Avestan term "aryanam" meaning "Land of the Noble [Ones]"
2021 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia etymology: name derives from the Avestan term "aryanam" meaning "Land of the Noble [Ones]"
2022 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia etymology: name derives from the Avestan term "aryanam" meaning "Land of the Noble [Ones]"
2023 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia etymology: name derives from the Avestan term "aryanam" meaning "Land of the Noble [Ones]"
2024 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia etymology: name derives from the Avestan term "aryanam" meaning "Land of the Noble [Ones]"
2025 conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran conventional short form: Iran local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran local short form: Iran former: Persia etymology: the name derives from the Sanskrit word arya , referring to people living in a mountainous land, from the root word ar -, or "mountain;" the former name, Persia, was originally "Pars" (or the Arabic-influenced variant "Fars") from the Old Persian parsi , meaning "pure"