Land bordering Afghanistan (4)

I believe the answer is:

iran

(Other definitions for iran that I've seen before include "oil supplier" , "Tehran's country" , "Modern name for Persia" , "Modern-day Persia" , "Country to east of Iraq" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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