The terms Iranian and Persian are often used interchangeably to describe people from Iran, and some people think they mean the same thing, but is one term correct? The terms “Persian” and …

Iranian Persian, Western Persian or Western Farsi, natively simply known as Persian, refers to the varieties of the modern Persian language spoken in Iran and by minorities in neighboring …

Around 65 percent of Iran is ethnically Persian, though most Iranians are persified and consider themselves Persian whether ethnically Persian or not. Persians also aren't only from Iran, but …

The Persians are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran. [2] They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language [5] [6] …

“Persian” refers to ethnicity while “Iranian” refers to nationality. You are Iranian if you are a citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran. You are Persian if you belong to the Persian ethnic group. Not …

Ultimately, the various Iranian peoples, including the Persians, Pashtuns, Kurds and Balochis, converted to Islam, while the Alans converted to Christianity, thus laying the foundation for the …

Why they were called Persian Turks? Because not so long ago (pre-1935) Iran was known as Persia to the Western world. So everybody in Iran regardless of their ethnic group was called …

Since the question asked “ Persians ” and not “Iranians”, I’ll answer it as an ethnic Persian. First. Iranians are not just Persians, there are also Kurds, Azeris, Lurs, Balochis, etc. Some others …

Iranians are Iranians just like we Greeks are Greeks. I’m almost certain no Greek would ever say that Iranians are black or “people of color” (the latter term is very rarely used here, if ever). If …

And perhaps finally one will understand why Persians Are Not Arabs. Iran’s Population by Ethnicity. The majority of Iranians are of Persian ethnicity. Even within this ethnic group, the …