Iran (Satomi Maiden ~ Third Power)

Iran is a nation in Asia.

History
Iran was originally a monarchy and tolerant nation in the Middle East until the overthrow of the monarchist regime in 1955. Since then it became the Republic of Iran, a democracy lasting from 1956 until 1975 when it turned into an Islamic Republic of Iran after Ali Khamenei became President of Iran. In 1993 Iran begin nuclear testing and also testing missiles, which put the world on high alert. He later became the Supreme Leader of Iran until his assassination in 2002. Elections were held and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the election. Since then Iran has become somewhat of a hostile nation, known for actually building and testing nuclear missiles. Iran also has a dispute with Saudi Arabia with the small islands off from each other coastlines in the Persian Gulf, and small skirmishes has happened almost each year.