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Originally Posted by DamageX
That is not the reason at all. People from the country of Iran are Persians, have always been. They don't say it out of fear of persecution, they say it out of pride.
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I'll be sure to tell that to my Iranian friend who explained to me why some people call themselves Persian instead of Iranian, when the area formerly referred to as Persia by Westerners, is in fact referred to almost universally as Iran now.
From Wikipedia:
"Until 1935, the country was referred to in the West as Persia, although Iranians have always referred to their country as Iran".
But you're drunk, so you know more than anyone else...
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