Related Clues:
- Scottish fellow is outside right for this country
- Eastern sultanate
- Land south of the Caspian Sea
- It borders Afghanistan
- Paramilitaries not initially in the Middle East
- It's west of Afghanistan
- It was known as Persia until 1935
- Kurdistan locale
- Dry country whose name is an anagram of wet weather
- Country's queen having one promoted above the rest
- Major exporter of handmade carpets
- Country bordering three '-stans'
- Neighbor of 23-Across
- Where Sultan Qaboos rules
- Sultanate next to an emirate