| Middle East country | 19 |
| Meshed's locale | 19 |
| Meshed is here | 14 |
| Member of Bush's "axis of evil" | 45 |
| Medes' land, today | 22 |
| Mashhad's locale | 20 |
| Mashhad site | 12 |
| Mashhad locale | 14 |
| Major rug exporter | 18 |
| Major exporter of handmade carpets | 34 |
| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's country | 33 |
| Locale of the Zagros Mountains | 30 |
| Locale of Tabriz | 16 |
| Locale for 1999 solar eclipse watchers | 38 |
| Land with a red, white and green flag | 37 |
| Land where Farsi is spoken | 26 |
| Land west of Pakistan | 21 |
| Land Pahlevi left | 17 |
| Land once called Persia | 23 |
| Land on Caspian Sea | 19 |
| Land on a gulf | 14 |
| Land of the Peacock Throne, once | 32 |
| Land of shahs | 13 |
| Land of Qum | 11 |
| Land of Ayatollahs | 18 |
| Land in the news | 16 |
| Land east of the Persian Gulf | 29 |
| Land bordering the Persian Gulf | 31 |
| Land bordering the Caspian Sea | 30 |
| Kurdistan's locale, in part | 31 |
| Kurdistan locale | 16 |
| Kurdish is spoken here | 22 |
| Kingdom until 1979 | 18 |
| Khomeini's domain | 21 |
| Khomeinei's rival | 21 |
| Kerman's land | 17 |
| Kerman local | 12 |
| Kerman country | 14 |
| Kashan's country | 20 |
| Kashan is here | 14 |
| Its New Year's Day is in March | 34 |
| Its national anthem begins "Upwards on the horizon rose the Eastern Sun" | 82 |
| Its Independence Day is April 1 (no foolin') | 48 |
| Its flag says "God is great" 22 times | 47 |
| Its capital is Tehran | 21 |
| Its capital is Teheran | 22 |
| It's west of Afghanistan | 28 |
| It's south of the Caspian | 29 |
| It's south of Georgia? | 26 |
| It's north of Oman | 22 |
| It's bordered by three countries with "-stan" in their names | 74 |
| It's about 200 miles south of Georgia | 41 |
| It was named in 1935 | 20 |
| It has a Supreme Leader | 23 |
| It borders the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman | 58 |
| Islamic nation | 14 |
| Isfahan's country | 21 |
| Isfahan locale | 14 |
| Iraq's neighbor | 19 |
| Iraq's foe | 14 |
| Iraq foe | 8 |
| Imperial Guard's home | 25 |
| Host of the 1974 Asian Games | 28 |
| Homeland of Bahaism | 19 |
| Home to the Ayatollah | 21 |
| Home to many Kurds | 18 |
| Home to Lake Urmia | 18 |
| Home to Asia's highest volcano | 34 |
| Home of the Zagros Mountains | 28 |
| Home of the daily Hamshahri | 27 |
| Home of some Baluchis | 21 |
| Home of Sistan and Baluchestan | 30 |
| Home of Sharif University of Technology | 39 |
| Home of Qom | 11 |
| Home of Persepolis, now | 23 |
| Home of many Shiites | 20 |
| Home of many mullahs | 20 |
| Home of 40 million | 18 |
| Hassan Rouhani's land | 25 |
| Hassan Rouhani's country | 28 |
| Former Peacock Throne site | 26 |
| Former home of the Peacock Throne | 33 |
| First landfall north of Oman | 28 |
| Farsi-speaking republic | 23 |
| Farsi is spoken here | 20 |
| Ex-shahdom | 10 |
| Esfahan's locale | 20 |
| Esfahan is here | 15 |
| Enemy of Iraq | 13 |
| Empress Farah's land | 24 |
| Emerging nuclear power | 22 |
| Election locale of 2009 | 23 |
| Elburz Mountains locale | 23 |
| Earthquake site: June 21, 1990 | 30 |
| Dry country whose name is an anagram of wet weather | 51 |
| Dr. Seuss's "If _____ the Zoo" | 44 |
| Dr. Seuss' "If __ the Circus" | 43 |
| Dr. Seuss' 'If -- the Zoo' | 38 |
| Dr. Seuss' 'If -- the Circus' | 41 |
| Dr. Seuss' ''If __ the Zoo'' | 48 |