Anyone have any information on when Persia became Iran? How was this formalized and globally recognized? Mersi.
Muhammad Answered question January 22, 2019
It has always been Iran as its residents were calling it. Europeans always called this land Persia, Persie etc. until mid 1700 that some of them mentioned Iran as well. For more info refer to this article
https://fa.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86