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- Country yours truly led
- Modern-day locale of ancient Persepolis
- Tehran’s land
- Country where Nowruz is celebrated
- Country whose cities include Shiraz and Isfahan
- It's swallowed by piranha
- Home of about 10% of the world's oil reserves
- Part of Alexander's empire, today
- Nation whose currency has been hiked up to this puzzle's third row
- Country whose capital is Muscat
- U.S. ally in the Gulf War
- President Rouhani’s nation
- Sultanate on the south-east coast of the Arabian Peninsula
- Where the biblical Esther and Daniel are purported to be buried