Iran vs Mideast

Iran and Mideast both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Iran	Yes	No	No	No
Mideast	Yes	No	No	No

Iran (noun)	Mideast (noun)
a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil	the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century