Iran

geographical name

i-ˈrän  -ˈran 

ī-ˈran

variants or primarily before 1935 Persia

ˈpər-zhə 

especially British -shə

country in southwestern Asia bordering in the north on the Caspian Sea and in the south on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman; an Islamic republic since 1979, formerly an empire; capital Tehran area 636,372 square miles (1,648,195 square kilometers), population 83,025,000

Irani

i-ˈrä-nē 

-ˈra-

adjective or noun