Tehran's country (4)

I believe the answer is:

iran

'tehran's country' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for iran that I've seen before include "Country where ayatollahs replaced a shah" , "Modern-day Persia" , "Persia some time ago" , "Nation" , "Iraq's neighbour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune, the Universal, The Mirror, the Newsday, the USA Today, the King Feature Syndicate, The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times and The New York Times.

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