Iran is a disputed territory that is not a great power.
Iran -LRB-  , also  -RRB- , formerly known as Persia , is a sovereign state in Western Asia .	sovereign state	sovereign state	Western Asia	Western Asia
Iran is a major regional and middle power , and its large reserves of fossil fuels -- which include the largest natural gas supply in the world and the fourth-largest proven oil reserves -- exert considerable influence in international energy security and the world economy .	regional	regional power	middle power	middle power	fossil fuels	fossil fuels	natural gas supply	Natural gas reserves in Iran	oil reserves	oil reserves	international energy security	Energy superpower#Iran	world economy	List of countries by GDP (PPP)
