For 10 points, name this country formerly called Persia.
In 1896, the ruler of this country was shot to death at a shrine by a follower of an intellectual who wrote a public reply to an 1883 article by Ernest Renan. In 1872, broad controls over this country's economy were given to Baron Julius von Reuter, who founded the Reuters news agency. An American lawyer named William Shuster was dismissed from a post aiming to reform this country's finances after a threatened Russian intervention. This country's (*) royal bodyguard was called the "Cossack Brigade" and its 1906 constitution created its legislature, the Majlis [MADGE-liss]. This country's Qajar [kuh-jer] dynasty was overthrown by Reza Shah Pahlavi. For 10 points, name this country formerly called Persia.
In 1896, the ruler of this country was shot to death at a shrine by a follower of an intellectual who wrote a public reply to an 1883 article by Ernest Renan.
Iran [accept Persia until it is read] &lt;RY, OtherHist&gt;