On the Nowruz of 1935, Reza Shah Pahlavi asked foreign delegates to use the term Iran, the endonym of the country used since the Sasanian Empire, in formal correspondence.

[8][9] The first known Iranian immigrant to Australia was Hamed Mortis (Persian: حامد مرتس) who was naturalised in New South Wales (NSW) on 20 October 1883.

[10][11] The only other early Iranian immigrant to NSW was Mohamad Ameen Khan (Persian: محمد امین خان) who was naturalised on 29 June 1899.

Several sources have noted estimates of Iranian diaspora mainly left Iran since the 1979 revolution, a significant number of which currently reside in the United States and Western Europe while the community in Australia is very small.

The Iranian-Australian community, in line with similar trends in Iran and other countries around the world, has produced a sizeable number of individuals notable in many fields, including Law, Medicine, Engineering, Business and Fine Arts.