| 2026-08-22 | Major exporter of pistachios |
| 2026-06-28 | Modern-day Persia |
| 2026-06-08 | World's largest country with a four-letter name |
| 2026-05-24 | Neighbor of Turkmenistan |
| 2026-05-17 | Country with many Farsi speakers |
| 2026-05-15 | Setting for the graphic novel series "Persepolis" |
| 2026-04-27 | Tehran's land |
| 2025-11-21 | Azerbaijan neighbor |
| 2025-10-31 | Founding member of 38-Down |
| 2025-10-08 | Country between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf |
| 2025-04-04 | Modern-day locale of the ancient Parthian Empire |
| 2025-03-04 | Setting for 2012's "Argo" |
| 2025-02-28 | Birthplace of Zoroastrianism, today |
| 2024-11-24 | Mashhad's country |
| 2024-11-15 | Country that uses the Jalali calendar rather than the Gregorian |
| 2024-09-15 | It's opposite Oman on the Gulf of Oman |
| 2024-08-25 | Home of Kurdistan's easternmost regions |
| 2024-08-22 | Modern-day home of Persepolis |
| 2024-08-19 | Mideast country with a Supreme Leader |
| 2024-05-27 | Tehran's land |
| 2024-03-18 | Neighbor of Turkey |
| 2023-11-28 | Tehran's land |
| 2023-09-19 | Country whose name looks like something a marathoner might say |
| 2023-07-25 | Oil-rich nation |
| 2023-06-09 | Modern site of ancient Persepolis |
| 2023-05-22 | Country north of the Persian Gulf |
| 2023-02-26 | Home of the poet Forugh Farrokhzad |
| 2023-01-12 | Its flag has "Allahu Akbar" written 22 times |
| 2023-01-05 | Modern-day site of ancient Persepolis |
| 2022-12-04 | Home of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi |
| 2022-11-25 | Site of 2022's "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests |
| 2022-11-13 | Qom home |
| 2022-11-12 | Where polo was invented |
| 2022-10-16 | Tehran's home |
| 2022-09-04 | Big exporter of pistachios |
| 2022-09-02 | Modern-day locale of the ancient Achaemenid Empire |
| 2022-08-15 | Global center of Shia Islam |
| 2022-07-24 | Home of Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi |
| 2022-07-22 | World's leading saffron producer |
| 2022-07-11 | Land bordering Afghanistan |
| 2022-05-28 | Where zardozi embroidery is prevalent |
| 2022-04-26 | Neighbor of Afghanistan |
| 2022-04-06 | Nation on the Gulf of Oman |
| 2022-03-11 | Land south of the Caspian Sea |
| 2022-03-08 | Tehran's country |
| 2021-12-01 | Modern home of ancient Persepolis |
| 2021-10-21 | Home of many Zoroastrians |
| 2021-07-18 | Big exporter of saffron |
| 2021-07-06 | Land with coasts on both the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf |
| 2021-05-23 | One side of a 2015 nuclear agreement |
| 2021-04-20 | Country across the Persian Gulf from the 29-Down |
| 2021-04-13 | Place where Farsi is spoken |
| 2021-01-25 | Modern Persia |
| 2021-01-18 | Tehran's land |
| 2020-12-06 | Where Shiraz is located |
| 2020-12-02 | It's at the southern end of the Caspian Sea |
| 2020-11-24 | Country that borders three "-stans" |
| 2020-11-09 | Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q |
| 2020-07-30 | Charter member of OPEC |
| 2020-07-08 | Land between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf |
| 2020-03-21 | Where the biblical Esther and Daniel are purported to be buried |
| 2020-02-24 | Persia, nowadays |
| 2020-01-18 | Home of about 10% of the world's oil reserves |
| 2019-12-19 | Modern-day locale of ancient Persepolis |
| 2019-09-24 | Modern-day Persia |
| 2019-07-29 | Land with an ayatollah |
| 2019-04-29 | Tehran's land |
| 2019-03-27 | 1978-79 revolution site |
| 2019-03-26 | Country west of Afghanistan |
| 2019-03-06 | Country with a Supreme Leader |
| 2019-01-15 | Country whose name can also be a full sentence |
| 2019-01-07 | Tehran's land |
| 2018-11-19 | Longtime rival of Saudi Arabia |
| 2018-05-18 | Modern land in the ancient Sasanian Empire |
| 2017-12-28 | It's on the Gulf of Oman |
| 2017-12-26 | Neighbor of Afghanistan |
| 2017-11-23 | Locale of 10% of the world's oil reserves |
| 2017-11-19 | Country whose name is also a two-word sentence |
| 2017-07-09 | Neighbor of Turkey |
| 2017-06-23 | Modern-day home of the classical poet Hafez |
| 2017-06-17 | Shiraz setting |
| 2017-04-07 | 1979 revolution site |
| 2017-04-06 | It's south of the Caspian |
| 2017-01-20 | Only remaining home of the Asiatic cheetah |
| 2017-01-03 | 10-Across's land |
| 2016-02-03 | Persia, nowadays |
| 2015-11-15 | "Argo" setting |
| 2015-11-11 | Shah's onetime domain |
| 2015-03-09 | Ayatollah's home |
| 2015-02-01 | "Argo" setting |
| 2015-01-01 | Site of a 1953 C.I.A.-directed coup |
| 2014-11-21 | Neighbor of 23-Across |
| 2014-11-18 | Country bordering three "-stans" |
| 2014-10-21 | Dry country whose name is an anagram of wet weather |
| 2014-08-04 | Shah's land |
| 2014-05-05 | Tehran's land |
| 2014-05-04 | Country whose flag says "God is great" 22 times |
| 2014-04-24 | "Argo" setting |
| 2014-03-31 | Tehran's land |
| 2013-12-10 | Country subject to 2006 U.N. sanctions |
| 2013-11-19 | 1979 revolution site |
| 2013-11-12 | Hassan Rouhani's land |
| 2013-08-17 | Home of the daily Hamshahri |
| 2013-08-05 | Tehran's land |
| 2013-07-30 | Land on the Persian Gulf |
| 2013-07-18 | Home to Asia's highest volcano |
| 2013-06-30 | Target of 2006 United Nations sanctions |
| 2013-06-18 | Ayatollah's home |
| 2013-05-15 | Home of Qom |
| 2013-04-28 | Founding member of OPEC |
| 2013-02-17 | Country with a supreme leader |
| 2012-12-17 | It's bordered by three countries with "-stan" in their names |
| 2012-10-28 | Setting for the 2012 film "Argo" |
| 2012-09-07 | Azadi Stadium setting |
| 2012-08-19 | Big oil exporter |
| 2012-06-04 | Modern Persia |
| 2012-05-16 | Modern home of ancient Elam |
| 2012-03-26 | Persia, now |
| 2012-02-13 | Persia, today |
| 2012-02-03 | Home of Sistan and Baluchestan |
| 2011-09-25 | Where the Baha'i faith originated |
| 2011-09-21 | "___ (So Far Away)" (1982 hit by A Flock of Seagulls) |
| 2011-03-30 | Theocratic state |
| 2011-03-19 | With 47-Across, it stopped flying to New York in 1979 |
| 2010-10-22 | Host of the 1974 Asian Games |
| 2010-08-16 | Tehran is its capital |
| 2010-05-25 | "Axis of evil" land |
| 2010-04-27 | Country with a Guardian Council |
| 2010-01-18 | Charter member of 2-Down |
| 2010-01-03 | Modern home of ancient Persepolis |
| 2009-11-22 | First landfall north of Oman |
| 2009-09-26 | Bahai's birthplace |
| 2009-09-11 | Home of Sharif University of Technology |
| 2009-08-30 | Modern home of the biblical Elam |
| 2009-08-24 | Ahmadinejad's country |
| 2009-08-11 | "Axis of evil" land |
| 2009-04-15 | Modern locale of ancient Persepolis |
| 2009-03-03 | Ayatollah's land |
| 2008-11-18 | Modern-day Persia |
| 2008-10-14 | Tehran's land |
| 2008-09-15 | Persia, today |
| 2008-08-22 | Setting of the 2007 animated film "Persepolis" |
| 2008-07-15 | Ahmadinejad's land |
| 2008-04-14 | Persia, today |
| 2008-04-04 | Modern home of ancient Medes |
| 2008-03-04 | Oil-rich land |
| 2008-01-02 | Ayatollah's land |
| 2007-12-23 | Theodemocratic state |
| 2007-12-17 | Tehran's home |
| 2007-12-06 | It's about 200 miles south of Georgia |
| 2007-12-04 | Neighbor of Turkey |
| 2007-11-05 | Persia, today |
| 2007-10-25 | Ayatollah's home |
| 2007-10-14 | Modern home of ancient Media |
| 2007-06-06 | Where Farsi is spoken |
| 2007-04-23 | Tehran's land |
| 2007-04-12 | Modern locale of ancient Persepolis |
| 2007-02-19 | Gulf land |
| 2007-01-01 | Neighbor of Pakistan |
| 2006-11-11 | Home of the Zagros Mountains |
| 2006-11-06 | Mideast land |
| 2006-09-17 | OPEC member |
| 2006-03-12 | Rug source |
| 2006-03-07 | Part of Bush's Axis of Evil |
| 2006-01-22 | Part of Bush's "Axis of Evil" |
| 2005-10-17 | Tehran's land |
| 2005-10-01 | 1979 revolution locale |
| 2005-09-14 | Modern-day theocracy |
| 2005-05-28 | Bit of Kurdistan |
| 2005-05-23 | Persia, now |
| 2004-12-31 | Its flag says "God is great" 22 times |
| 2004-11-03 | It's south of Georgia |
| 2004-08-30 | Tehran's land |
| 2004-07-01 | Bit of Kurdistan |
| 2004-05-28 | Shiraz locale |
| 2004-05-24 | Ayatollah's land |
| 2004-05-23 | A theocratic republic |
| 2004-05-09 | Modern locale of ancient 113-Across |
| 2004-01-27 | Gulf land |
| 2004-01-07 | Shah's land, once |
| 2003-10-15 | Side in a 1980's war |
| 2003-07-09 | Ayatollah's land |
| 2003-06-04 | Meshed's land |
| 2003-05-26 | Tehran's locale |
| 2003-05-22 | Home of many mullahs |
| 2003-03-30 | Turkmenistan neighbor |
| 2003-03-25 | Where Tabriz is |
| 2003-03-18 | Farsi-speaking land |
| 2003-03-16 | Modern locale of ancient Persepolis |
| 2002-11-17 | Neighbor of Armenia |
| 2002-08-12 | Neighbor of Afghanistan |
| 2002-05-22 | Neighbor of Azerbaijan |
| 2002-05-05 | Modern home of ancient Susa |
| 2002-04-24 | 1979-81 hostage site |
| 2002-04-10 | Qom home |
| 2002-03-19 | Farsi-speaking land |
| 2002-03-10 | Turkey toucher |
| 2002-02-03 | Revolution site of 1979 |
| 2001-11-14 | Zagros Mountains locale |
| 2001-11-06 | Land on the Strait of Hormuz |
| 2001-10-14 | Mullah's land |
| 2001-06-12 | Mideast theocracy |
| 2001-05-22 | 1979 hostage site |
| 2001-05-21 | Persian Gulf land |
| 2001-04-13 | Carpet place |
| 2001-03-06 | Persia, now |
| 2001-02-21 | OPEC member |
| 2000-12-03 | Carpet source |
| 2000-10-19 | Caspian Sea adjoiner |
| 2000-09-11 | Big rug exporter |
| 2000-08-30 | Qom home |
| 2000-07-08 | 1980 combatant |
| 2000-05-26 | Kingdom until 1979 |
| 2000-05-16 | Neighbor of Turkmenistan |
| 2000-03-22 | Qum home |
| 2000-03-03 | OPEC land |
| 2000-01-13 | It's south of Georgia |
| 2000-01-11 | Mujahedin base |
| 2000-01-09 | Home of ancient Persepolis |
| 1999-11-21 | Where diners use dinars |
| 1999-11-06 | Rug source |
| 1999-09-26 | Locale for 1999 solar eclipse watchers |
| 1999-08-21 | Mullah's home |
| 1999-03-15 | Persia, now |
| 1999-03-01 | Neighbor of Pakistan |
| 1999-01-13 | Where Qum is |
| 1998-12-06 | Big oil supplier |
| 1998-09-26 | 1979 revolution site |
| 1998-08-03 | Teheran's nation |
| 1998-07-06 | Persia, today |
| 1998-06-01 | Shah's land, once |
| 1998-05-27 | Where Farsi is spoken |
| 1998-04-27 | Persia, today |
| 1998-02-05 | A "-gate" opener |
| 1998-01-30 | Modern Media |
| 1998-01-23 | Where Baha'i began |
| 1997-12-18 | Imperial Guard's home |
| 1997-09-26 | Side in a 1980's war |
| 1997-09-16 | Tabriz's land |
| 1997-08-27 | Country not in Rushdie's travel plans |
| 1997-07-06 | Site of a 70's revolution |
| 1997-05-13 | Teheran's land |
| 1997-04-29 | Ayatollah's land |
| 1997-03-31 | Ayatollah's land |
| 1997-03-21 | Neighbor of Turkmenistan |
| 1997-02-25 | Persia, today |
| 1996-10-18 | Foe of 26-Down |
| 1996-09-29 | Where Qum is |
| 1996-08-28 | 1979 revolution site |
| 1996-08-07 | ___-contra |
| 1996-08-06 | Persia, today |
| 1996-07-29 | Where Tabriz is |
| 1996-04-07 | Side in a 1980's war |
| 1996-03-17 | Rafsanjani's land |
| 1996-01-24 | Land of the Peacock Throne |
| 1995-11-08 | Persia, today |
| 1995-09-18 | Persia, today |
| 1995-07-25 | Kurdish home |
| 1995-07-12 | Rug exporter |
| 1995-04-27 | Farsi is spoken here |
| 1995-04-11 | OPEC member |
| 1995-02-12 | Neighbor of Armenia |
| 1994-12-15 | Zagros Mountains site |
| 1994-11-09 | Dr. Seuss's "If _____ the Zoo" |
| 1994-10-11 | Shah's land |
| 1994-10-09 | Revolution site of 1979 |
| 1994-08-04 | It's south of Georgia |
| 1994-06-26 | Tabriz locale |
| 1994-06-03 | Nation on the Strait of Hormuz |
| 1994-05-23 | Major rug exporter |
| 1994-05-15 | Land on the Caspian |
| 1994-05-09 | Kurdish home |
| 1994-05-05 | Member of 35-Across |
| 1994-03-26 | Subject of Gary Sick's "All Fall Down" |
| 1994-03-06 | Rafsanjani's country |
| 1994-01-22 | Kerman local |