2007-03-21 09:51:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Other - Africa & Middle East
according to encyclopedias and to the geographical position of Iran . it can be considered a middle eastern country and therefore Iranians are middle easterns
2007-03-21 10:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by fayssal1932 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Middle East is a geographical area, situated between Central Asia and Southeastern Europe. Therefore, anyone from perhaps Turkey but certainly certainly Saudi Arabia all the way over to Yemen is a Middle Easterner. Sometimes the Middle East also includes North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt), but that's incorrect and based on culture, not geography.
Iranians are NOT Arab, as you said - they're Persian.
They could be classified as: Persians, Asians (from the continent of Asia), Middle Easterners or Iranians.
2007-03-22 19:23:13 · answer #2 · answered by nomadic 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
anyone who is from the West of Iran all the way to Yemen is considered is a middleeastern, so yes iranian are middleeasterners too..
2007-03-21 17:50:34 · answer #3 · answered by mafriqa 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Iranians r . not arabs....but persians.. but somehow known to b middle easterners as Iran is located at the junction of the Middle East n Southwest Asia as well....Iran is somehow countd in Asia too......ok in short..Iranians r both asians n middle easterners......
n by the way why we dont have a separate section in here for "Iran"..!!!
2007-03-21 20:28:57 · answer #4 · answered by ~Angel Eyes~ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Iranians are Middle Eastern in the same way as Mexicans are Americans (from the continent of America)
2007-03-22 02:48:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i am iranian
iran is in east of middle east region and near to arab country like iraq kuwait and is in north of persian gulf ,n is neighbor of emirate ,qatar,bahrain,kuwait ,saudia,omman via persian gu;f and omman sea,and in north is neighbor with armenia , azerbaijan,turkimanistan,turkey and in east with pakistan and afghanistan .
iran isnt arab country we speak persian
2007-03-22 03:04:10 · answer #6 · answered by h. jani 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first of all WE ARE NOT ARABS OK...
second since it is located in the middle east of Asia then yes.
2007-03-23 00:28:46 · answer #7 · answered by frontstreetboy2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's normally Asians--they are Arabs
2007-03-21 16:59:29 · answer #8 · answered by luminous 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋