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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | 65A | Home of Qom | David Sullivan |
| Sunday, April 28, 2013 | 107A | Founding member of OPEC | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, February 17, 2013 | 26D | Country with a supreme leader | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| Monday, December 17, 2012 | 6D | It's bordered by three countries with "-stan" in their names | Elizabeth A. Long |
| Sunday, October 28, 2012 | 19A | Setting for the 2012 film "Argo" | Michael Sharp and Caleb Madison |
| Friday, September 7, 2012 | 50A | Azadi Stadium setting | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, August 19, 2012 | 114D | Big oil exporter | Freddie Cheng |
| Monday, June 4, 2012 | 58D | Modern Persia | John R. O'Brien |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | 57A | Modern home of ancient Elam | Kevin Adamick |
| Monday, March 26, 2012 | 55D | Persia, now (4) | Ray Fontenot |
| Monday, February 13, 2012 | 16A | Persia, today (10) | Ellen Leuschner and Victor Fleming |
| Friday, February 3, 2012 | 39D | Home of Sistan and Baluchestan | Joel Kaplow |
| Sunday, September 25, 2011 | 13A | Where the Baha'i faith originated | Paul Hunsberger |
| Wednesday, September 21, 2011 | 14A | "___ (So Far Away)" (1982 hit by A Flock of Seagulls) | Peter A. Collins |
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 | 42A | Theocratic state | Erik Wennstrom |
| Saturday, March 19, 2011 | 48D | With 47-Across, it stopped flying to New York in 1979 | Joe DiPietro |
| Friday, October 22, 2010 | 51A | Host of the 1974 Asian Games | Scott Atkinson |
| Monday, August 16, 2010 | 40D | Tehran is its capital | Andrea Carla Michaels and Jennifer Nutt |
| Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | 59A | "Axis of evil" land (2) | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, April 27, 2010 | 5D | Country with a Guardian Council | Oliver Hill |
| Monday, January 18, 2010 | 59D | Charter member of 2-Down | Adam Cohen |
| Sunday, January 3, 2010 | 42A | Modern home of ancient Persepolis | Jeremy Newton |
| Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 68A | First landfall north of Oman | Patrick Merrell |
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 | 11D | Bahai's birthplace | Joon Pahk |
| Friday, September 11, 2009 | 1D | Home of Sharif University of Technology | Caleb Madison |
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 | 120A | Modern home of the biblical Elam | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| Monday, August 24, 2009 | 18D | Ahmadinejad's country | Anthony J. Salvia |
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 | 6D | "Axis of evil" land (2) | Oliver Hill |
| Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | 25D | Modern locale of ancient Persepolis (3) | Michael Vuolo |
| Tuesday, March 3, 2009 | 54A | Ayatollah's land (6) | Jeffrey Wechsler |
| Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | 29D | Modern-day Persia | Richard Chisholm |
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | 12D | Tehran's land (4) | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| Monday, September 15, 2008 | 36A | Persia, today (10) | Sharon E. Petersen |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 5D | Setting of the 2007 animated film "Persepolis" | Kevin G. Der |
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 | 7D | Ahmadinejad's land | Leonard Williams |
| Monday, April 14, 2008 | 19A | Persia, today (10) | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Friday, April 4, 2008 | 45D | Modern home of ancient Medes | David Quarfoot |
| Tuesday, March 4, 2008 | 24D | Oil-rich land | Kevin Donovan |
| Wednesday, January 2, 2008 | 18A | Ayatollah's land (6) | Patrick Blindauer |
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 | 84A | Theodemocratic state | Adam G. Perl |
| Monday, December 17, 2007 | 52D | Tehran's home | Richard Chisholm |
| Thursday, December 6, 2007 | 2D | It's about 200 miles south of Georgia | Joe Krozel |
| Tuesday, December 4, 2007 | 34D | Neighbor of Turkey | Alison Donald |
| Monday, November 5, 2007 | 27D | Persia, today (10) | Jeremy Horwitz |
| Thursday, October 25, 2007 | 42D | Ayatollah's home | Susan Harrington Smith |
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 | 29D | Modern home of ancient Media | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, June 6, 2007 | 52D | Where Farsi is spoken (2) | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, April 23, 2007 | 62A | Tehran's land (4) | David Pringle |
| Thursday, April 12, 2007 | 50A | Modern locale of ancient Persepolis (3) | Jim Page |
| Monday, February 19, 2007 | 55D | Gulf land (2) | Andrea C. Michaels |
| Monday, January 1, 2007 | 11D | Neighbor of Pakistan (2) | Randy Sowell |
| Saturday, November 11, 2006 | 5D | Home of the Zagros Mountains | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, November 6, 2006 | 29D | Mideast land | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Sunday, September 17, 2006 | 114D | OPEC member (3) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, March 12, 2006 | 96A | Rug source (2) | Daniel C. Bryant |
| Tuesday, March 7, 2006 | 56D | Part of Bush's Axis of Evil (2) | Richard Jacobs |
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 | 24D | Part of Bush's "Axis of Evil" (2) | George Barany and Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, October 17, 2005 | 7D | Tehran's land (4) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, October 1, 2005 | 57A | 1979 revolution locale | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 | 1D | Modern-day theocracy | David Elfman |
| Saturday, May 28, 2005 | 11D | Bit of Kurdistan (2) | Bob Peoples |
| Monday, May 23, 2005 | 36D | Persia, now (4) | Robert Dillman |
| Friday, December 31, 2004 | 56D | Its flag says "God is great" 22 times | David Quarfoot |
| Wednesday, November 3, 2004 | 4D | It's south of Georgia (3) | Ed Early |
| Monday, August 30, 2004 | 33D | Tehran's land (4) | Jeffrey Harris |
| Thursday, July 1, 2004 | 22D | Bit of Kurdistan (2) | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Friday, May 28, 2004 | 9D | Shiraz locale | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, May 24, 2004 | 30A | Ayatollah's land (6) | Frederick J. Healy |
| Sunday, May 23, 2004 | 5D | A theocratic republic | Deb Amlen and Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, May 9, 2004 | 115A | Modern locale of ancient 113-Across | Charles M. Deber |
| Tuesday, January 27, 2004 | 60D | Gulf land (2) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, January 7, 2004 | 53D | Shah's land, once (2) | Mike Torch |
| Wednesday, October 15, 2003 | 56A | Side in a 1980's war (3) | John Greenman |
| Wednesday, July 9, 2003 | 18D | Ayatollah's land (6) | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, June 4, 2003 | 1A | Meshed's land | Kelly Katharine Delevan |
| Monday, May 26, 2003 | 34D | Tehran's locale | Lynn Lempel |
| Thursday, May 22, 2003 | 2D | Home of many mullahs | Dan Reichert |
| Sunday, March 30, 2003 | 10D | Turkmenistan neighbor | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2003 | 35D | Where Tabriz is (2) | John Greenman |
| Tuesday, March 18, 2003 | 10D | Farsi-speaking land (2) | William Schaub |
| Sunday, March 16, 2003 | 23D | Modern locale of ancient Persepolis (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, November 17, 2002 | 107A | Neighbor of Armenia (2) | Richard and Judith Martin |
| Monday, August 12, 2002 | 59A | Neighbor of Afghanistan | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, May 22, 2002 | 16A | Neighbor of Azerbaijan | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, May 5, 2002 | 20A | Modern home of ancient Susa | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, April 24, 2002 | 55D | 1979-81 hostage site | Sheldon Benardo |
| Wednesday, April 10, 2002 | 3D | Qom home (2) | Gregory Casagrande |
| Tuesday, March 19, 2002 | 35D | Farsi-speaking land (2) | Louis Hildebrand |
| Sunday, March 10, 2002 | 21A | Turkey toucher | Nelson Hardy |
| Sunday, February 3, 2002 | 35A | Revolution site of 1979 (2) | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, November 14, 2001 | 56D | Zagros Mountains locale | Frank A. Longo |
| Tuesday, November 6, 2001 | 37D | Land on the Strait of Hormuz | Denise Neuendorf |
| Sunday, October 14, 2001 | 85A | Mullah's land | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, June 12, 2001 | 5A | Mideast theocracy | Alfio Micci |
| Tuesday, May 22, 2001 | 12D | 1979 hostage site | John D. Leavy |
| Monday, May 21, 2001 | 2D | Persian Gulf land | Joan Yanofsky |
| Friday, April 13, 2001 | 53D | Carpet place | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, March 6, 2001 | 30D | Persia, now (4) | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, February 21, 2001 | 59D | OPEC member (3) | Karen Hodge |
| Sunday, December 3, 2000 | 18D | Carpet source | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, October 19, 2000 | 32D | Caspian Sea adjoiner | Patrick Jordan |
| Monday, September 11, 2000 | 2D | Big rug exporter | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, August 30, 2000 | 52D | Qom home (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, July 8, 2000 | 51D | 1980 combatant | Randolph Ross |
| Friday, May 26, 2000 | 21A | Kingdom until 1979 | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, May 16, 2000 | 66A | Neighbor of Turkmenistan (2) | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, March 22, 2000 | 36D | Qum home | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, March 3, 2000 | 56A | OPEC land | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, January 13, 2000 | 1A | It's south of Georgia (3) | A. J. Santora |
| Tuesday, January 11, 2000 | 11D | Mujahedin base | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Sunday, January 9, 2000 | 21A | Home of ancient Persepolis | Charles M. Deber |
| Sunday, November 21, 1999 | 33A | Where diners use dinars | Patrick D. Berry |
| Saturday, November 6, 1999 | 15A | Rug source (2) | Joan Bayer Williamson |
| Sunday, September 26, 1999 | 84D | Locale for 1999 solar eclipse watchers | Randolph Ross |
| Saturday, August 21, 1999 | 54A | Mullah's home | Charles E. Gersch |
| Monday, March 15, 1999 | 61A | Persia, now (4) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, March 1, 1999 | 37A | Neighbor of Pakistan (2) | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, January 13, 1999 | 15A | Where Qum is (2) | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, December 6, 1998 | 35D | Big oil supplier | Marjorie Richter |
| Saturday, September 26, 1998 | 48D | 1979 revolution site (2) | Jerry Ferguson |
| Monday, August 3, 1998 | 29D | Teheran's nation | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, July 6, 1998 | 50D | Persia, today (10) | Sheldon Benardo |
| Monday, June 1, 1998 | 25D | Shah's land, once (2) | Evie Eysenburg |
| Wednesday, May 27, 1998 | 63A | Where Farsi is spoken (2) | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| Monday, April 27, 1998 | 62A | Persia, today (10) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, February 5, 1998 | 57D | A "-gate" opener | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, January 30, 1998 | 2D | Modern Media | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Friday, January 23, 1998 | 31D | Where Baha'i began | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, December 18, 1997 | 55D | Imperial Guard's home | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, September 26, 1997 | 53A | Side in a 1980's war (3) | Chuck Deodene |
| Tuesday, September 16, 1997 | 62D | Tabriz's land | Christopher Page |
| Wednesday, August 27, 1997 | 26D | Country not in Rushdie's travel plans | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Sunday, July 6, 1997 | 106A | Site of a 70's revolution | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Tuesday, May 13, 1997 | 2D | Teheran's land | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, April 29, 1997 | 27D | Ayatollah's land (6) | Jeff Herrington |
| Monday, March 31, 1997 | 33D | Ayatollah's land (6) | Janet R. Bender |
| Friday, March 21, 1997 | 54D | Neighbor of Turkmenistan (2) | Shannon Burns |
| Tuesday, February 25, 1997 | 19A | Persia, today (10) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, October 18, 1996 | 31A | Foe of 26-Down | M. Gaffney |
| Sunday, September 29, 1996 | 7D | Where Qum is (2) | M. Reagle |
| Wednesday, August 28, 1996 | 46A | 1979 revolution site (2) | F. Heaney |
| Wednesday, August 7, 1996 | 63A | ___-contra | B. E. Quigley |
| Tuesday, August 6, 1996 | 21A | Persia, today (10) | F. Heaney |
| Monday, July 29, 1996 | 35D | Where Tabriz is (2) | F. Piscop |
| Sunday, April 7, 1996 | 26A | Side in a 1980's war (3) | C. Millhauser |
| Sunday, March 17, 1996 | 10D | Rafsanjani's land | P. O'Gordon |
| Wednesday, January 24, 1996 | 14A | Land of the Peacock Throne | J. Hess |
| Wednesday, November 8, 1995 | 16A | Persia, today (10) | Glenn E. Sykes |
| Monday, September 18, 1995 | 64A | Persia, today (10) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, July 25, 1995 | 57D | Kurdish home (2) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, July 12, 1995 | 20A | Rug exporter | Robert Malinow |
| Thursday, April 27, 1995 | 1D | Farsi is spoken here | Lois Sidway |
| Tuesday, April 11, 1995 | 48D | OPEC member (3) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, February 12, 1995 | 99D | Neighbor of Armenia (2) | Alex & Victoria Black |
| Thursday, December 15, 1994 | 55D | Zagros Mountains site | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, November 9, 1994 | 67A | Dr. Seuss's "If _____ the Zoo" | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Tuesday, October 11, 1994 | 15A | Shah's land | Bernice Gordon |
| Sunday, October 9, 1994 | 47A | Revolution site of 1979 (2) | Bryant White |
| Thursday, August 4, 1994 | 2D | It's south of Georgia (3) | Jim Page |
| Sunday, June 26, 1994 | 31D | Tabriz locale | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Friday, June 3, 1994 | 59A | Nation on the Strait of Hormuz | Norman S. Wizer |
| Monday, May 23, 1994 | 57D | Major rug exporter | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Sunday, May 15, 1994 | 24D | Land on the Caspian | Charles M. Deber |
| Monday, May 9, 1994 | 64A | Kurdish home (2) | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Thursday, May 5, 1994 | 62A | Member of 35-Across | Mel Taub |
| Saturday, March 26, 1994 | 47D | Subject of Gary Sick's ''All Fall Down'' | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, March 6, 1994 | 34A | Rafsanjani's country | Frances Hansen |
| Saturday, January 22, 1994 | 64D | Kerman local | Raymond Hamel |
3 results for IRAN from Variety puzzles.
| Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2010 | panda | 34A | What an ayatollah said about his country | Mel Taub |
| October 24, 2004 | diagramless | 64A | Qum's locale | Ed Early |
| September 16, 2001 | diagramless | 54D | Where Tabriz is | Peter Gordon |
119 results for IRAN from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, April 19, 1993 | 10D | Persia today | Alex F. Black | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 25, 1993 | 53D | Ahvaz is here | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 6, 1992 | 104A | Neighbor of Afghanistan | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 2, 1992 | 51D | Persia, today | Peter Gordon | Maleska |
| Saturday, August 22, 1992 | 9D | Abadan's land | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Saturday, August 15, 1992 | 48D | Rafsanjani's land | Ronald C. Hirschfield | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 19, 1992 | 21A | Persia today | Kevin Boyle | Maleska |
| Saturday, July 4, 1992 | 37D | Where the Atrek flows | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 26, 1992 | 38A | Esfahan's locale | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 19, 1992 | 54D | Esfahan is here | Mark Blakeburn | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 4, 1992 | 52D | Esfahan's land | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
| Thursday, January 23, 1992 | 21A | Abadan's land | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Wednesday, January 22, 1992 | 66A | Pahlevi once ruled here | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 19, 1992 | 19A | Where Qum is | Stanley Glass | Maleska |
| Friday, December 20, 1991 | 23A | Bam's locale | William Baxley | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 19, 1991 | 6D | "___ my heedless ways": Dylan Thomas | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Monday, December 9, 1991 | 62D | Kashan is here | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Monday, September 23, 1991 | 35A | A neighbor of Kuwait | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 24, 1991 | 49A | Country on the Caspian | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
| Wednesday, May 22, 1991 | 15A | Persia today | Jack R. Harnes | Maleska |
| Friday, May 17, 1991 | 14A | Persia, today | Ernie Furtado | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 25, 1991 | 56D | Persia today | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 10, 1991 | 144D | Persia, today | Joan P. Leemhorst | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 24, 1991 | 42D | Land of Qum | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 20, 1991 | 41A | Where Kerman is | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Monday, January 14, 1991 | 61D | Persia, updated | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Sunday, January 13, 1991 | 23A | Tabriz location | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 5, 1990 | 5A | Where Tabriz is | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
| Sunday, October 14, 1990 | 104A | Earthquake site: June 21, 1990 | Nancy Scandrett Ross | Maleska |
| Tuesday, September 18, 1990 | 11D | Teheran is its capital | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 12, 1990 | 16D | New Persia | Walter Covell | Maleska |
| Tuesday, July 10, 1990 | 55D | Former Peacock Throne site | Joe Clonick | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 8, 1990 | 32D | Persian Gulf country | Fred Toole | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 24, 1990 | 6D | Persia, now | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Tuesday, March 13, 1990 | 55D | Persia today | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Saturday, January 6, 1990 | 54D | An OPEC land | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 2, 1990 | 54D | Bani-Sadr's homeland | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 27, 1989 | 9D | Persia, now | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 12, 1989 | 52D | Teheran is its capital | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Monday, October 9, 1989 | 16A | Land west of Pakistan | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 23, 1989 | 14A | Land of the Peacock Throne | Walter Covell | Maleska |
| Monday, August 21, 1989 | 61A | Where Teheran is | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
| Friday, July 21, 1989 | 27D | Kurdish is spoken here | William Baxley | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 12, 1989 | 41A | Where Qum is | Jeffrey A. Mercer | Maleska |
| Wednesday, June 14, 1989 | 18D | Persia, today | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 30, 1989 | 48A | Persia, today | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 2, 1989 | 56A | Persia, updated | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Monday, May 1, 1989 | 69A | A neighbor of Turkey | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 18, 1989 | 38A | Persia, today | Whitten | Maleska |
| Saturday, April 8, 1989 | 44D | Turkish neighbor | Walter E. Heinemann | Maleska |
| Saturday, March 4, 1989 | 25A | Where Tabriz is | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Monday, February 6, 1989 | 54D | Mashhad's locale | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Monday, January 2, 1989 | 2D | Land once called Persia | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Monday, December 5, 1988 | 61A | Ayatollah's land | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
| Thursday, November 10, 1988 | 34D | Where Kerman is | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 8, 1988 | 58A | Tabriz is here | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Friday, November 4, 1988 | 27D | Where Meshed is | Irene Smullyan | Maleska |
| Tuesday, September 20, 1988 | 10D | Iraqi neighbor | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 28, 1988 | 124A | Where Farsi is spoken | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 3, 1988 | 18A | Iraq's foe | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Tuesday, July 19, 1988 | 63A | SW Asian country | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 21, 1988 | 33A | Middle East trouble spot | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 15, 1987 | 19D | Ex-shahdom | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Monday, October 26, 1987 | 11D | Shah's former realm | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Monday, October 12, 1987 | 18A | Where Qum is | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Thursday, August 27, 1987 | 51D | Asian country | Judith Perry | Maleska |
| Monday, August 24, 1987 | 39A | Where Kashan is | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 23, 1987 | 59D | Mashhad site | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Monday, May 25, 1987 | 60A | Persia updated | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Sunday, April 19, 1987 | 34D | Mideast nation | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 7, 1987 | 57A | Rain anagram | Elaine George | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 8, 1987 | 76A | Locale of Tabriz | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Tuesday, March 3, 1987 | 53D | Where to find Qum | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 18, 1987 | 59A | Land in the news | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Sunday, November 30, 1986 | 105D | Qum is here | Harold B. Counts | Maleska |
| Thursday, October 30, 1986 | 19A | Ayatollah's land | Roger H. Courtney | Maleska |
| Wednesday, October 15, 1986 | 15A | Persia, today | Whitten | Maleska |
| Monday, July 7, 1986 | 17A | Iraq foe | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 2, 1986 | 17A | Persian Gulf country | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Thursday, May 29, 1986 | 11D | Teheran is its capital | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
| Wednesday, May 14, 1986 | 15A | Meshed is here | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Saturday, May 3, 1986 | 12D | Land south of the Caspian | Jones | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 19, 1986 | 16A | Where Kerman is | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 4, 1986 | 12D | Mideast trouble spot | Judith Perry | Maleska |
| Thursday, January 2, 1986 | 19A | Abadan's land | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
| Sunday, December 8, 1985 | 80D | Qum is here | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Monday, November 18, 1985 | 63A | Neighbor of Iraq | Frank Geary | Maleska |
| Tuesday, November 12, 1985 | 8D | Persia, today | Mary C. Whitten | Maleska |
| Friday, October 25, 1985 | 17A | Persia, today | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
| Saturday, October 19, 1985 | 34A | Where Qum is | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
| Tuesday, October 1, 1985 | 61A | Zagros Mountains site | Jeffrey A. Mercer | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 29, 1985 | 140A | Where Kerman is | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Tuesday, September 3, 1985 | 66A | Persia today | Jones | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 20, 1985 | 57D | Abadán is here | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Thursday, August 15, 1985 | 22D | Ayatollah's land | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |
| Monday, July 8, 1985 | 35D | Teheran is its capital | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Sunday, June 16, 1985 | 85A | Home of many Shiites | Virginia P. Abelson | Maleska |
| Monday, May 20, 1985 | 13A | Ayatollah's land | Bitoni | Maleska |
| Thursday, May 2, 1985 | 16A | Enemy of Iraq | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 31, 1985 | 98D | Where Kerman is | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
| Saturday, February 9, 1985 | 22A | Home of some Baluchis | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Monday, December 24, 1984 | 41A | Mideast hot spot | Louis Sabin | Maleska |
| Saturday, December 22, 1984 | 18A | Medes' land, today | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
| Monday, December 17, 1984 | 16A | Country in SW Asia | Bette Sue Cohen | Maleska |
| Wednesday, October 10, 1984 | 2D | Middle East hot spot | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Monday, September 10, 1984 | 65A | Foe of Iraq | Elaine George | Maleska |
| Tuesday, March 27, 1984 | 15A | Where Persepolis is | Michael J. Parris | Maleska |
| Thursday, December 22, 1983 | 24A | Home of 40 million | Heller | Maleska |
| Tuesday, September 13, 1983 | 27D | Khomeini's land | Whitten | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 30, 1983 | 57D | Meshed's locale | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
| Wednesday, July 6, 1983 | 49A | Land of the Peacock Throne, once | Cromwell | Maleska |
| Monday, April 25, 1983 | 31A | Bani-Sadr's land | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 21, 1983 | 48D | Where Kurdish is spoken | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Monday, March 14, 1983 | 37D | Bani-Sadr's land | Barbara Lunder Gillis | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 6, 1983 | 43D | Where Kurdish is spoken | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 27, 1983 | 37A | Where Kerman is | Carol Dutting | Maleska |
| Tuesday, February 22, 1983 | 58A | Foe of Iraq | Joel D. Lafargue | Maleska |
| Monday, January 31, 1983 | 11D | Persia today | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Monday, January 17, 1983 | 2D | Site of the Elburz Mts. | Nancy McCarthy | Maleska |