Sentence:  When we look at countries like Iran , <WSD>Iraq</WSD> , Pakistan , and Burma , where substantial progress has been made in creating a minimum supply of modern men and of social overhead capital , and where institutions of centralized government exist , we find a second category of countries with a different set of problems and hence different priorities for policy . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq