Iran

Iran (Farsi: ایران), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Farsi: جمهوری اسلامی ایرانJomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān) is a country located in the Middle East, in between Iraq and Afghanistan.

History
Iran has a vast history, dating back to pre-historic times. At one point in time, Iran (which was known as Persia at the time) spanned from the western boarders of Egypt to the western boarders of India. In 1979, Iran's leader, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was overthrown by Ruhollah Khomeini. This ended the Pahlavi dynasty and monarchism in Iran, and instilled a new form of government that mixed theocracy with the laws of a modern republic.==Battlefield 3 == In Battlefield 3, Iran was overthrown by an insurgency known as the PLR, led by Farukh Al-Bashir. The US attempts to combat the PLR's attempts at the possibility of a nuclear catastrophe. Players will be taken from Dasht-e Kavir, a desert southeast of the capital, Tehran, to the shores of the Caspian Sea in northern Iran. Tehran is also a locale in the game.