“Do you believe the news that says that Iranian people are all terrorists and extremists?”– Iranian man we met at Persepolis Many foreigners think Iranians are Arabs. They’re not. People think that bombs go off in Iran. They never do. People think that Iranians are terrorists. You’...
Prior to the 2010 census, the Arab and Iranian communities in Southern California teamed up to spread a message: “Check it right, you ain’t white!” The tongue-in-cheek campaign encouraged people to choose “some other race” and sought to combat the notion that Arabs and Iranians are ...
If you call the Iranian people “Arabs”, it will most certainly annoy them.Iranians are proud of their glorious ancestry, nationality and culture and are very touchy on this subject! This may have been amplified sincePersiansand Arabs have been rivals throughout the history. Clarifing the app...
Elam was in ancient Iran, and here the Iranians are told to go to war in which the Arabians are devastated. So since the Arabs are going to be crushed by Iran, the current political situation should be heading towards this bloody denouement. There was a “secr...
Iranian Empire stretched from the borders of China to the borders of Europe (say up to Greece), and was large enough for it to be divided and administered by his three sons. Ferdowsi appears to locate Feridoon's capital as being in the southern Caspian coastal region, in or near Sari (...
interference in the unrest and showing support for the Iranian government, large numbers of Iranians across the country went on the street holding slogans and images of their leaders on Wednesday. It was not the first time that the ministry claimed that they identified CIA affiliated spies in ...
Rather, the inhabitants of Khazaria were of diverse origins - Iranians, Turks, Slavs, Greeks, Goths, and others - and we cannot expect them to have always followed the faith of the ruling Khazar tribe, because the Khazar king never forced the religion of Judaism upon them. It seems that...
Hieroglyphic writing is a script and not a language. There is only one ancient Egyptian language written in four different scripts (Hieroglyphs, Hieratic,
Neither side is likely to stop the bombing Yemen or Syria or Iraq (why do we still have troops there?). And the Iranians? Who can forget John McCains rendition of “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran…” I mean, Israel has a right to defend itself, right? Neither party wants to ...
Hello Paul (Salaam Pooles - in Persian/Farsi) Glad you have found the information at FarsiNet useful - one of our major goals is to introduce Iranians, Iran and its history, Culture and Heritage to the World. - Regards, Amir Dear Friend, ...