Persian Gulf nation
The crossword clue "Persian Gulf nation" is answered by IRAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 30 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
IRAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRAN answer page.
Used 30 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BAHRAIN (6 uses in xd)
- KUWAIT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for IRAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by IRAN, most used first.
- Persia, today - used 255 times, most recently in 2026
- Tehran's country - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Persia, now - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Tehran's land - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Teheran's country - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- OPEC member - used 59 times, most recently in 2024
- Country on the Caspian - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- Turkey neighbor - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Neighbor of Pakistan - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Pakistan neighbor - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Neighbor of Turkey - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Turkmenistan neighbor - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- "Argo" setting - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Afghanistan neighbor - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
- Present-day Persia - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
- Where Farsi is spoken - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
- Azerbaijan neighbor - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Persian Gulf country - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Teheran's nation - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Shah's land - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Islamic republic - used 22 times, most recently in 2011
- Modern Persia - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Gulf War missile - SCUD, used 130 times
- Mideast gulf - ADEN, used 129 times
- Arabian gulf - ADEN, used 116 times
- Arabian Sea gulf - ADEN, used 74 times
- Mideast's Gulf of ___ - ADEN, used 58 times
- Ancient Persian - MEDE, used 57 times
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