Do Iranians prefer to call their country Persia or Iran?

Persia. A lot of people point out to the fact that in the Persian language we say Iran and we have never called our country Persia. Totally correct, but so do Germans, Greeks, Egyptians, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans,… I often hear foreigners say. read more

Iranian expats particularly in US prefer to call themselves Persian and their country Persia to dissmis their connection to Iran and its new regime that was installed after 1979 revolution. Also when you say Iran in US they automatically think of Iraq and Arab countries. They wrongfully assume that Iran is an Arab country. read more

Even Persian is actually equal to Iranian, but because Iran includes different ethnics like Azeri, Persian and so on, we prefer to be called Iranians. Of course, due to the image of Iran which is portrayed negatively by the western media, some Iranians who live in foreign countries prefer to be called Persian, but indeed for Iranians who live in Iran it isn’t the matter. read more

Iranians do indeed have a great and interesting history, and Persians are not the only type of Iranian, but rather were one Iranian tribe of many that came from a small part of Iran called Pars/Fars. You probably also think Zoroastrianism is Persian too, even though it originated from non-Persian Iranians. read more