Word: iran
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Officially this company changed its name to Anglo-Iranian Oil last June after Persia had changed its name to Iran in March...
Last March, by decree of His Imperial Majesty Reza Shah Pahlavi, the name of Persia was changed to the name by which that country's natives have always known it-Iran. Last week stockholders of Anglo-Persian Oil Co., controlled by the British Government, met and changed their company's name to Anglo-Iranian...
...Imperial Majesty Reza Shah Pahlavi decreed that from your next New Year's Day onward the name of Persia shall be Iran...
...always has been," again wearily replied the Palace spokesman. "In reality 'Persia' is only a southern province. Foreigners have called our land Persia. We have always called it Iran. The Shah, in communicating his august decision with respect to New Year's Day to the diplomatic corps, acted from the national and patriotic motives which ever inspire the policy of His Imperial Majesty...