Iranians eat peanuts. Iranian cuisine Halva is a common Iranian breakfast, which is covered with sesame seeds, some with peanuts and some with nuts. Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a Middle East country in West Asia, bordering the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman in the south and Russia and Kazakhstan across the Caspian Sea in the north, with a land area of about 654.38+06450 square kilometers.