So Said the L-rd of Host: behold I am breaking Elam (Iran), the chief of their might. And I will bring Elam (Iran) four winds from the four ends of heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds, and there shall be no nations where the exile of Elam shall not come. And I will break Elam (Iran) before their enemies and before those who seek their lives, and I will bring upon them evil---the kindling of my Wrath, says the L-rd, and i will send the sword after them until I completely destroy them. And will place my throne in Elam and I will destroy from there a king and princes, says the L-rd. And it shall be at the end of days that I will return the captivity of Elam (Iran), says the L-rd. ( Jeremiah 49:35-39)