IN 1935 PERSIA CHANGED ITS NAME TO IRAN
From 600 BC until 1935, the country was referred
to in the West as Persia. On March 21, 1935, the
government (Reza Shah Pahlavi) issued a decree
asking foreign delegates to use the native term
Iran in formal correspondence.
Iran was always known as ‘Persia’ to foreign
governments and was once heavily influenced
by Great Britain and Russia. In 1935, however,
the Iranian government requested that all
countries with diplomatic relations call the
country by its Persian name, Iran. There are
“Eight Kings” in Iran, one after the other,
that lead up to the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ.
This makes Reza Shah Pahlavi the first King in Iran.