Iran

Iran is a country in the Middle East bordering Iraq, Georgia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.

Appearance
Iran is a country human, mostly male. They are most often depicted in a flag-colored shirt, black jeans and a long red scarf. There are also options for dressing him in a military uniform. -

Personality
Iran is typically seen by most of the fandom as far from being the friendliest country. With their aggression, they earned an almost worldwide distrust. Usually they don't like to talk to anyone. Probably dislikes Christians. They dislike almost everyone, but might be a steadfast ally if you win their loyalty (very hard).

Interests

 * Received from  USA Axis of Evil country label.
 * Iran has large oil and gas reserves. It ranks sixth in the ranking of countries for oil production.

Flag meaning
The flag of Iran was officially adopted on July 29, 1980. The colors of the flag date to the mid-18th century; green represents Islam; white represents peace, and red means courage. The centered symbol is said to symbolize the five principles of Islam.

Other symbols
Cyrus the Great, a Persian, defeated his grandfather Astyages, the High Judge (King) of the Medes, and founded Iran by uniting the Persians and the Medes. The Iranian flag (which was later designed under Darius I the Great) symbolised this unity and victory (green above white and red) as the flag of the people of Iran.

Nicknames

 * Cool fonts
 * Aadadw

Origin of the language
It originated in the region of Fars (Persia) in southwestern Iran. Its grammar is similar to that of many European languages. Throughout history, Persian has been a prestigious cultural language used by various empires in Western Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia.

Etymology
Evidently from the time of the Sassanids (226–651 CE) the Iranians have named the country Iran. It mean the "Land of the Aryans" and Iran Shah in Farsi. In Middle Persian sources, the name Arya and Iran is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian Empires as well as the Sassanid empire.

History
Throughout much of early history, the land known today as Iran was known as the Persian Empire. The first great dynasty in Iran was the Achaemenid which ruled from 550 to 330 BC. It was founded by Cyrus the Great.

In the 7th century, the Arabs conquered Iran and introduced the people to Islam. More invasions came, first from the Turks and later from the Mongols. Starting in the early 1500s local dynasties once again took power including the Afsharid, the Zand, the Qajar, and the Pahlavi.

In 1979 the Pahlavi dynasty was overthrown by revolution. The Shah (king) fled the country and Islamic religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini became leader of the theocratic republic.

Organizations and Affiliations

 * Economic Cooperation Organization
 * Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
 * The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
 * United Nations

Government
Iran has a very unusual type of government. They call they’re elections fake democracy. There is a Supreme Leader who controls the president. Iran's government has since been guided by Islamic principles.

Diplomacy
WIP
 * Australia
 * Austria
 * Cuba
 * China
 * North Korea
 * Russia

Public Views (Optional)
When the United States and Iraq became enemies. Some Americans and a few other western countries negatively views Iran.

Geography
Iran is located in southwestern Asia. In terms of area (1648 thousand km²), the country occupies the seventeenth place in the world. Iran borders on Azerbaijan-Pictogram.png Azerbaijan the border length to 611 km with  Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic-Pictogram.png Nakhichevan AR (179 km) and  Armenia-Pictogram.png Armenia (36 km) in the northwest, with Turkmenistan (992 km) in the northeast, with Pakistan (909 km) and Afghanistan (936 km) in the east, with  Turkey-Pictogram.png Turkey (499 km) and  Iraq-Pictogram.png Iraq th (1458 km) in the west, washed by the Caspian Sea in the north, and by the Persian and Oman gulfs of the Arabian Sea in the south.

Family

 * Persian Empire - Parent
 * Afghanistan - Half-Sibling
 * Pakistan - Half-Sibling
 * India - Cousin/Half-Sibling

Friends

 * Russia - "I would say that you're a really great friend! Thanks for the military supplies and assistance! I needed that against that capitalist dog"
 * China - "Some say that you were pretty shady and that you use others to your satisfaction but I think that you're not that kind of person"
 * Syria
 * North Korea
 * Palestine - "It's true that I recognized them at first but now, I see why many are starting to hate them. You deserve freedom! Just like the rest of us who once felt trapped and needed assistance. I'll be there to back you up!"
 * Venezuela
 * Cuba - "You need to socialize with others! Stop isolating yourself! You've been such a great person yet you won't show them"
 * Indonesia
 * Bangladesh
 * Türkiye
 * Iraq

Neutral

 * France
 * Greece
 * South Korea
 * Japan - "Your products was indeed made an attraction to my people but I will not forget where you almost have colonized me..."
 * United Nations
 * Brazil
 * United Arab Emirates
 * Egypt - "I see that you're being neutral now, huh. Never have seen a day with you putting down your ego..."

Enemies

 * Israel - "Why do you dislike Palestine so much? What even did they do to you to hate them so much? You really are a twisted man. I can't believe I even trusted and helped you. I feel so ashamed..."
 * United States - "Your people are criticizing me because of what I did when you're clearly at fault here! You keep saying that I wanted this when I didn't! Stop blaming me for your excuse on why I 'accidentally' killed your people when you were the one who made the first action!"
 * UK
 * Saudi Arabia - "They tried murdering me illegally."
 * Qatar
 * Bahrain
 * Germany - "YOU DARE CALL ME A TERRORIST?!"
 * Djibouti - "Who is Djibouti? All I heard about you is that your an American puppet."
 * Malaysia - YET ANOTHER AMERICAN NATO PUPPET!

Past Versions
Akkadian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire

Kingdom of Greater Armenia

Elymais

Sasanian Empire

Jalayirid Sultanate

Timurid Empire

Safavid Iran

Afsharid dynasty

Zand dynasty

Pahlavi dynasty

Qajar Iran

Trivia

 * Iran refers the USA as the Great Satan.
 * The government insists women wear a hijab and an abaya at all times, otherwise, they are punished.

Extra(s)

 * Most Iranians believe religious figures have a role to play in government, but they’re divided on just how big that role should be
 * Iranians are divided over how prevalent tensions are in their society between more-devout and less-devout Muslims
 * Iran is not only the world’s fifth-biggest petroleum producer (about 4.1 million barrels a day) and 12th-biggest exporter (1.3 million barrels a day), it also has the world’s fourth-largest stock of proven crude oil reserves: 158.4 billion barrels, trailing only Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Canada. Despite its oil wealth, Iran’s economy has been turbulent for much of the past decade.
 * Iran is the global epicenter of Shia Islam.
 * Iran has one of the largest and most powerful armed forces in the Middle East.
 * The Persian cat originated in Iran.