"Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
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> necoandjeff wrote:
>
> > Geographically it used to refer to what we now call
> > the Middle East, plus Iran.
>
> When did Iran leave the Middle East?

For some reason I was thinking that, because it is Persian rather than Arab,
it might technically be separate, but I guess not.