Farsi-speaking country

The answer

IRAN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRAN answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for IRAN

Every other clue in this collection answered by IRAN, most used first.

• Persia, today - used 255 times, most recently in 2026
• Tehran's country - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
• Persia, now - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Tehran's land - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Teheran's country - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• OPEC member - used 59 times, most recently in 2024
• Country on the Caspian - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
• Turkey neighbor - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Neighbor of Pakistan - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Pakistan neighbor - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Neighbor of Turkey - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Turkmenistan neighbor - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "Argo" setting - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Afghanistan neighbor - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Persian Gulf nation - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Present-day Persia - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
• Where Farsi is spoken - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• Azerbaijan neighbor - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Persian Gulf country - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Teheran's nation - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Shah's land - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Islamic republic - used 22 times, most recently in 2011
• Modern Persia - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Where Tabriz is - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Ayatollah's land - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Iraq neighbor - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Qom's country - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Shah's land, once - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
• Neighbor of Afghanistan - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Persian Gulf land - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Land on the Caspian - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Persia, nowadays - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Teheran's land - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Pahlavi's former domain - used 15 times, most recently in 2006
• Tehran's nation - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Where Qum is - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
• __-Contra affair - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Middle East nation - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Persia, since 1935 - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
• Qom home - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Setting of the graphic novel "Persepolis" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Asian land - used 13 times, most recently in 1996
• Mideast land - used 13 times, most recently in 2006
• Modern-day Persia - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Neighbor of Iraq - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Neighbor of Turkmenistan - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Persia. - used 13 times, most recently in 1997
• Caspian Sea land - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Mideast nation - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Where Meshed is. - used 12 times, most recently in 2002
• Caspian Sea country - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• OPEC charter member - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• OPEC nation - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• "Persepolis" setting - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Today's Persia - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• 1979 revolution site - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Ahmadinejad's land - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Country on the Persian Gulf - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Farsi-speaking land - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Land south of the Caspian - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Neighbor of Armenia - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Tehran is its capital - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Where Kerman is - used 10 times, most recently in 2003
• Afghanistan's neighbor. - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Country once called Persia - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Iraq's eastern neighbor - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Neighbor of Azerbaijan - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Pakistan's neighbor. - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Shiraz's country - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Tabriz's country - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Turkey's neighbor - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Where Abadan is. - used 9 times, most recently in 2002
• Where Isfahan is. - used 9 times, most recently in 1979
• Zagros Mountains locale - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Asian country - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
• It's south of Georgia - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Mideast country - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
• Tabriz locale - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Where rials are spent - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Armenia neighbor - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Caspian country - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Country on the Caspian Sea - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Isfahan's country - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Land of Tabriz - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Mashhad's country - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Mideast theocracy - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Oil-rich land - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Persia, presently - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Shah's domain, once - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Tehran locale - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Country west of Afghanistan - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Coward's confession? - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Dr. Seuss' "If ___ the Zoo" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Former shahdom - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Khomeini's land - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Meshed locale - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Nation on the Caspian - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Oil-rich country - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• OPEC country - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Persian's place - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Qom locale - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Qom's land - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Republic on the Caspian - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Shiraz locale - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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