Where iran?why the nation of iran?what strain's iranian?
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hi dear\nthe nation of iran the first nathion in world.\nSialk 7000 years\nJiroft 7000 years\n,....\nthe iran is persia in ancaint world\nthe strain's iranian is Arian.\ngermans and franc peapel are branch of iranian's blood. \ngerman and franc are migrate from iran to europe.\nthe persian in ancaint world is overlord of world\nthe iran very weak after arab's inroad (600-700 ad)
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I have several Iranian friends. I find them all to be genuine, helpful, friendly, honest and lovely people. And all of them are happy not to be living under the present Iranian administration.\n\nIran has always historically been an important power and, next to China, it has arguably the oldest continuous classical culture in the world. One day they will be able to take their due place in the international arena as a great nation with much to contribute.\n\nOf course, they'll have to change their government before that can happen.
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Born in Esfahan-Iran - Living in Kuwait :)
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Iran has their own unique culture and form of government.  They should accept only those things which they feel fit into their culture within their borders.  Is McDonald’s right for Iran?  Only they should make such a decision.
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Iran.\nNot Only is My family over there but Its just such a beautiful country. Their culture is Amazing and historical Sites facinating. Persian traditions are all so unique. From simple things like Picnics to important things like Holidays; You will never find something like how they do it in Iran anywhere else.
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Well, I think the best step you could take as an individual citizen it to teach tolerance and appreciation for Iranian (and other) cultures.  Iran/Persia has a long and glorious history, not to mention fabulous cuisine!  After this, remind everyone you know that the government of Iran does not represent the feelings of all Iranians, just as the government of the United States does not represent the feelings of all US citizens.  I know tens of wonderful Iranian people who hold absolutely no ill-will toward the United States or citizens of the United States.  In fact, most of my Iranian friends wish only the prosperity of all humankind.  People are more alike than different.
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you hit that nail right on the head, dude.\nespecially when it comes to culture and history, Iran is unparalleled.
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Your enemies?  What are you...Iran?
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The Iranians I have met have been very friendly and good people. Unfortunately, they are ruled by evil mullahs preaching hate. They are oppressed by the evil theocracy that took over after the Shah was deposed, and suffer without freedom or liberty.\n\nBut, except for some of us, nobody - not the UN, not the EU not the Democrats - give a rat's tail about the people of Iran. They're too busy hating Bush, hating Israel and hating the USA to actually care about anybody.
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Iran is one of the oldest and most beautiful countries in the world. Iran has vast deserts, fertile land, mountanous regions, and celebrates all four seasons. \n\nGo to http://www.dejkam.com/iran/ to see pictures.
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Iran is a multi-ethnic country. Despite what most people think in the U.S. only 3% of the Iranian nationals are Arabs(who are ethnically semitic,most closely related to Jews).\n51% are Persian , 24% are Azeri Turks( which is different from Turkish Turks, but the same as people from the country of Azerbaijan which was part of the Soviet Union/Russia until the early 1990 s  and was part of Iran until the early 1800 s)\n 7% are Kurds , 8% are Gilaki/Mazandarani (people from the caspian sea shore region) , 2% are Lur (closely related to kurds) , 2% are Baluchi (related to Indian/Pakistani people), 2% are turkman (related to Mongols/Khazaks) and 1% are "other" (mostly Armenians/Assyrians). Racially speaking all of the above ethnicities are considered "white" except for the Arabs , turkmans,and baluchis . The words Aryan and Iran come from the same root and Iran literally means " the land of Aryans".Iran has always been called Iran by the people that lived there, but outside of Iran ,the country  of Iran was called Persia until 1935 when the ruling king formally asked the foreign press to refer to  Persia by its indigenous name (ie:Iran) ; so in effect as far as the name goes Iran and Persia are one and the same.
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Iran, also called Persia, is a Middle Eastern country located in Western Asia. Northern Iran is also a part of the Causauses. It borders Armenia, Azerbaijan (including its Nakhichevan exclave), and Turkmenistan to the north, Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, and Turkey and Iraq to the west. In addition, it borders the Persian Gulf across which lie Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. The official name of the country is the Islamic Republic of Iran and Shi'a Islam is the official state religion.\n\nCapital Tehran\n35°40′ N 51°25′ E \nLargest city Tehran \nOfficial language(s) Persian \nGovernment \nSupreme Leader\nPresident Islamic republic\nAli Khamenei\nMahmoud Ahmadinejad \nRevolution\nDeclared Against Mohammad Reza Pahlavi\nFebruary 11, 1979 \nArea\n • Total\n \n • Water (%)  \n1,648,195 km² (17th)\n{{{areami²}}} mi² \n0.7% \nPopulation\n • 2005 est.\n • 2000 census\n • Density  \n68,017,860 (18th)\nN/A\n41/km² (128th)\n{{{population_densitymi²}}}/mi²  \nGDP (PPP)\n • Total\n • Per capita 2005 estimate\n$560,348,000,000 (19th)\n$8,065 (77th) \nHDI (2006) 0.736 (99th) – medium \nCurrency Rial (IRR)
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Mostly Foreign states, but if you want one chosen i would have to say IRAN, a FASCIST state setting between two country's that will be working Democracies. Iran hates its own people and ARABS so much they kill them by the hundreds.
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Iran is one of the greatest countries ever.\nGreat food,\nfriendly people,\na rich and long history.
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is there an iranian guy???!!!
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Persia has long been used by the West to describe the nation of Iran, its people, or its ancient empire. It derives from the ancient Greek name for Iran's maritime province called Fars in the modern Persian language and Pars in Middle Persian. Persis is the Hellenized form of Pars, based on which other European nations termed the area Persia.\n\nThis area was the core of the original Persian Empire. Most foreigners referred to the state as Persia until March 21, 1935 when Iran formally asked the international community to call the country by its native name. Seemingly, the Aryan tribes who formed the country in the Achaemenid era united the plateau in that region and called the country Iran at its birth.\n\nIn 1959, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, before his removal from power announced that both Persia and Iran can be used interchangeably.\nFrom the humble brick, to the windmill, Persians have mixed creativity with art. What follows is a list of some of the cultural contributions of Iran. The list is not meant as a device for displaying chauvinism or bellicism, but rather as a means to convey and illustrate the statement that as with many other ancient civilizations, Iran/Persia is proud to be a long-serving contributor to humanity and its heritage.\n\n\nFAMOUS PERSIAN THINGS\n(10,000 BC)Earliest known domestication of the goat. \n\n(6000 BC) - The brick. The oldest brick found to date are Persian, from ca. 6000 BC. \n(5400 BC) - Wine. Earliest known cultivation of the grape, and fermentation of wine 5400 BC \n(5000 BC) - Development of the guitar \n(3000 BC) - The ziggurat. The Sialk ziggurat predates that of Ur or any other of Mesopotamia's 34 ziggurats. \n(2000 BC) - Peaches are a fruit of Persian origin, as indicated by their Latin name, persica, from which (by way of the French) we have the English "peach."  \nTulips were first cultivated in ancient Persia \n(1700 BC) - The windmill. \n(1400 BC) - The game of Backgammon appears in the east of Iran. \n(1400 BC to 600 BC) - Zoroastrianism, a religion which had an important impact on Judaism, and thus indirectly, on Christianity and Islam. Some experts however, claim that Zoroaster was actually born in 6184BC, and was himself a follower of the religion called Mehr introduced by Mehabad who lived 3593 years before Zoroaster i.e. 9700 BC or 11705 years ago (retroactive 2005). [11] [12] It should be noted that Zoroaster himself was not an ethnic Persian, but (possibly) an ethnic Bactrian who were closely related to Persians. \n(576 BC to 529 BC) - Under the rule of Cyrus II the Great, the Cyrus Cylinder was issued. It was discovered in 1879 in Babylon and today is kept in the British Museum. [13] [14] \n(576 BC to 529 BC) - Under the rule of Cyrus II the Great, Cyrus frees the Jews from Babylonian captivity. See Cyrus in the Judeo-Christian tradition. \n(521 BC) - The game Polo.[15] \n([500 BC]) The courrier post. [16] [17] \n(500 BC) - Source for introduction of the domesticated chicken into Europe. \n(500 BC) - First cultivation of spinach \n \nAn ancient ice house, called a yakhchal, built in Kerman, Iran, for storing ice during summers.(400 BC) - Yakhchals , ancient refrigerators. (See picture above) \n(400 BC) - Ice Cream [18] [19] \n(250 BC) - According to archelogical digs, the Parthians created the world's first batteries. Their original use is still uncertain, though it is suspected that they were used for electroplating. [20] \n(250 BC) Original excavation of a Suez Canal. [21] [22] \n(271 AD) - The teaching hospital \n(700 AD) - The Cookie. \n([762 AD]) - Designing Baghdad: The original city was based on Persian precedents such as Firouzabad in Persia. The two designers who were hired by the caliph al-Mansur to plan the city were Nowbakht, a former Persian Zoroastrian, and Mashallah, a former Jew from Khorasan, Iran. (p 10) \n(864 AD-930 AD) - First systematic use of alcohol in Medicine: Rhazes. [23] \n(1000 AD) - Introduction of paper to the west
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Persian is a language and also an ethnicity. Different ethnic people live in Iran, they are all Iranian by nationality, the majority are Persian by ethnicity. Moreover, persian is something to be proud of ;)