Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Iran ita ce gida ga ɗayan tsoffin wayewar duniya, wanda ya fara da samuwar masarautun Elam a karni na huɗu kafin haihuwar Yesu. Da farko Mutanen Iran ne suka hada shi a karni na bakwai kafin haihuwar Yesu, kuma ya kai ga tsawo a karni na shida kafin haihuwar Yesu, lokacin da Cyrus Mai Girma ya kafa Daular Achaemenid, wanda ya zama daya daga cikin manyan masarautu a tarihi da kuma karfin farko a duniya. Daular ta faɗi a hannun Alexander Mai Girma a ƙarni na huɗu kafin haihuwar Yesu kuma an raba ta zuwa jihohin Hellenistic da yawa. Wani tawayen Iran ya kafa Daular Parthia a ƙarni na uku kafin haihuwar Yesu, wanda Daular Sassanid ta yi nasara a ƙarni na uku bayan haihuwar Yesu, babban ikon duniya na ƙarni huɗu masu zuwa. Larabawa Musulmai sun ci daular a karni na bakwai AD, wanda ya haifar da Musulunci na Iran. Daga baya ya zama babban cibiyar al'adun Islama da ilmantarwa, tare da fasaharta, adabi, falsafa, da gine-gine da ke yaduwa a duk faɗin duniyar musulmi da kuma bayan lokacin Zamanin Zinariya na Islama. A cikin ƙarni biyu masu zuwa, jerin daular musulmi na asali sun bayyana kafin Seljuq Turks da Mongols suka ci yankin. A cikin karni na 15, 'yan asalin Safavids sun sake kafa hadadden jihar Iran da asalin kasa kuma sun canza kasar zuwa addinin Shi'a. A karkashin mulkin Nader Shah a karni na 18, Iran ta sake zama babbar karfin duniya, kodayake a karni na 19 jerin rikice-rikice da Rasha sun haifar da asarar yanki mai yawa. A farkon karni na 20 an ga juyin juya halin kundin tsarin mulkin Farisa. Ƙoƙarin da ake yi na ba da izinin samar da iskar gas daga kamfanonin Yammacin Turai ya haifar da wani
Juyin mulkin Anglo-Amurka a 1953, wanda ya haifar da mulkin kama karya a karkashin Mohammad Reza Pahlavi da kuma karuwar tasirin siyasar Yammacin Turai. Ya ci gaba da ƙaddamar da jerin gyare-gyare masu yawa a shekarar 1963. Bayan juyin juya halin Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini ne ya kafa Jamhuriyar Musulunci ta yanzu a shekarar 1979, wanda ya zama Babban Jagora na farko na kasar.