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Why do so many Iranians identify themselves as "Persian"?

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J Bananas:
No hate or anything. There's a huge Iranian/"persian" community in the Bay Area and I've known some hella cool people since I was little, but I never bothered to ask why they don't just say "I'm Iranian"? Or is Persian a different lineage of people from Iran..As of late I've been talking to an apartment broker from the san fernando valley and who is a family friend, and she's been telling me there's a lot of Iranians or "Persians" that settled there. some of you gotta know about their culture so llemme know what the deal is with that..Peace

K.Dub:
I don't really have a clue, but I guess it goes back to the ancient mighty Persian kingdom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia

Furor Teutonicus:
Perhaps because Persia sounds cooler than "Land of the Aryans"

Now_Im_Not_Banned:
"Iranian" means you're actually from Iran and "Persian" is simply the whole culture...this is like asking why black people don't identify themselves as "African".

Primo:

--- Quote from: Inspector Dr. Ján Ïtor on September 12, 2008, 02:39:50 PM ---Perhaps because Persia sounds cooler than "Land of the Aryans"

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lol true

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