Iran, historically (6)

I believe the answer is:

persia

(Other definitions for persia that I've seen before include "Iran, formerly" , "It's now known as Iran" , "Former name of Iran" , "Old land" , "Aspire to this old country" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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