Persia, today (4)
I believe the answer is:
iran
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">persia today</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for iran that I've seen before include "Iraq's neighbour" , "foreign land" , "Previously known as Persia" , "Country where the official language is Farsi" , "Country to east of Iraq" .)