Persepolis the City

Throughout the book, Marjane mentions several times her [and her people's] connection to Persia. To further emphasize this point, she named the book after the capital of Persia in the ancient world. In 1971, Iranians celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian [Iranian] monarchy by Cyrus the Great. What is interesting is that this idea of a monarchy continued with Iran for thousands of years, and whenever Marjane became old enough to be aware of her surroundings, she recognized the horrors of her government and the people who wanted to change them even though the previous decade had celebrated such a government. However, even when the people got their change, the government seemed to only get worse. Like Persepolis, a foreign invasion practically destroyed the unity of her country, the government, and the educational system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,500_year_celebration_of_Iran%27s_monarchy