they sure get mad when I confuse them with arab folks
sorry I don't have the History International Channel
2006-11-27 06:22:38 · 9 answers · asked by fartboy_x 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Because they ARE Persians which is a culture in itself. If you are a Catholic from Utah, you wouldn't want to be known as a Mormon.
2006-11-27 06:29:14 · answer #1 · answered by Wifeforlife 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iranians are Persians and are a different ethnic group from Arabs. Further, the Arabic language is a Semitic language while Persian (Farsi) linguistically belongs to the Indo-European family of languages.
2006-11-28 02:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by daryavaush 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Persians are a distinctly separate ethnicity. So are Turks.
Iraq is basically the farthest east you'll find an Arab majority in population.
2006-11-27 14:26:21 · answer #3 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Persians are descendents of the Aryan (Indo-Iranian) tribes. Arabs are Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula.
2006-11-27 14:43:27 · answer #4 · answered by Pico 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's because the Persians were the people who settled Perisa(now Iran). Also they speak Persian in Iran as well.
2006-11-27 15:21:20 · answer #5 · answered by baddrose268 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that's what they consider themselves to be. They see themselves as a different ethnicity from other Arabs. I would assume they have a different language, culture and religion. Hint: Not all Arabs are Muslim.
2006-11-27 19:45:53 · answer #6 · answered by ScorpioBeauty09 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People from Iran are Persian and are recorded as Persion even in the Bible. Here is a link regading Persia just to clue you in..,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire
2006-11-27 14:49:05 · answer #7 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine it's beacuse they are not. Persia isn't Arab, nor is modern day Iran
2006-11-27 14:25:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are Muslim, they are not Arab.
2006-11-27 14:26:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋