What is persia today?

Iran is the legal name. Persia, was an ancient kingdom within Iran. Iran came to be known as Persia in the West thanks to classical Greek authors during whose time Persia was the dominant kingdom in Iran. To call all of Iran 'Persia', would be like calling all of Britain 'England'. read more

Modern day Persia is thought to be the nation of Iran today. According to archaeological evidence found in modern day Iran, cuneiforms that date back to the Achaemenid era, tie in the name of Parsa (Persia) to present-day Iran. read more

Thus, in the Western world, the term Persian came to refer to all inhabitants of the country. Some medieval and early modern Islamic sources also used cognates of the term Persian to refer to various Iranian peoples, including the speakers of the Khwarezmian language, the Mazanderani language, and the Old Azeri language. read more