Iran is not Arab. What is the difference between Iran and the Arabs, and why do they fight?
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- Iranians feel most offended when they are treated as Arabs.
Iran is in the Middle East like the Arabs, has similar characters in writing, and above all, it's easy for us to think that Iran is also Arab because they share the same religion, Islam.
However, Iran is not Arab. Iran is Iran, and Arab is Arab.
Iran and the Arabs are very different in many ways. They are different in ethnicity, language, and even religion.
Moreover, the relationship between Iran and the Arabs has not been very good for a very long time. The relationship between Iran and the Arabs is similar to that of historical enemies. It’s understandable that they would be upset if referred to as Arabs, given that their relationship is not good to that extent.
This video discusses the differences between Iran and the Arabs and why they are like enemies.
I am an Iranian and I must say that your religious information about Iran applies for the past few years! Currently, most Iranians hate Islam! The current government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is not one of the people of Iran! People hate the Islamic Republic! The main priority of the Komet is Islam, not the people of Iran! Iranians will soon take back the proud land of their ancestors! Long live humanity! long live freedom
And how exactly will they do this ?
@@hippospoop1871 Like france
every persians hate islam in the whole history! i would not say any new to you if i tell you how you guys alvays left islam if had any chance! even islam is a thing cause of the 1979 ''revolution'' dictating mandatory... -_-
i support persia to find their ancestry as a gypsy (roma/rom in our language) whos originally came from persian/indian areas milleniums ago (my people escaped/left those areas because of the islamic wars and conquest...)
One of the greatest things about the Hindu or Sanatan religion is that it does not exclude anyone based on their belief in any ritual, such as praying, visiting temples, or worshiping god.It is true that they are the freest and most democratic society on the planet..
Iran should be Zoroastrian
As an Iranian Canadian I can attest that the vast majority are now religion averse and feel the duping and imposition Islam has been on our culture since the initial Arab conquest
the name Iran is too intertwined with Islam and a rough 20th/21st century. i hope the nation escapes Islam and returns to it's Persian roots and take up it's glorious Persian past.
Such a shame that the mighty Persian civilization allowed islam to interrupt their march to greatness Iran could of been as great as USA and Europe
@@matiasd.c9949 mf acting like islam came to persia 10 years ago🤣
@@bvbxiong5791 Funny thing is, in a some countries including mine, Iran's Shia is not consider as Islam.
Parsi are great
This was VERY educational. Thank you for making this, I really appreciate your hard work.
Racism to cause wars !!
Next Tunisians , Syrians , Lebanese will soon be at war with themselves and others at a higher level !
Ai being used to push racism !
Arabs are caucasian. You can't separate yourself. A jamaican is still black. A haitian and Somalian is still black.
In 1979 when the hostage thing happened I was in the 7th grade. My best friend at the time was a wonderful Iranian girl who had recently immigrated to the US. We used to talk about the hostage situation and she was as upset by it as I was. I am fascinated by the middle east in many aspects.
Thank you for this enlightening video!
I am African, I really love Iranians (The people).
We love you too
As an African I wish Islam and Arabs had remained out of Africa. The damage they did to us is far worse than Iran.
@@mariambabakhaniansstop lying Maryam
@@mariambabakhanians😊😊😊🎉❤
Not me. I had one try to bury my business, fortunately I had a good lawyer.
Farsi is a native name among Iranians and the correct pronunciation is Parsi and in English, it is called Persian language.
Exactly. Farsi is the Arabized version of the correct name which is Parsi.
@@fanzy1338
Because the letter ‘p’ does not exist in Arabic.
Hence Filastin, not Palestine.
@@fanzy1338peeran
@@fanzy1338it’s not Arabized. It’s about accent. That’s like saying my Chinese is Americanized because I can’t speak it like a native speaker from Beijing would.
@@erenjeager5290 Totally false. Arabic doesn’t have the letter “P” therefore they changed the correct name from Parsi to Farsi. All Iranians know this fact from childhood.
I'm always amazed that stuff like this has to be explained to so many people.
Did the education system fail people so miserably?
We learnt stuff like this at school fifty yrs ago.
Did you learn about South Africa's origins and the history that shaped it?? Not the populist history from 1961, but before?
What country are you from?
@@collenfisher3635 I was born in Europe, grew up in SA, and yes I'm aware that, as in most countries, official history is not always correct, to put it mildly
Especially since I read history in five languages, which makes for very good reading, when you read both sides of a war
Because it's your country, we have our own countries to worry about
US Dept of Education and Public Schools Teachers Unions members and administrators have ruined kids abilities
Thank you. This was helpful.
That was an excellent synopsis. I never knew about the differences before. Thanks!
me too and I bet many others as well.
They sure look like Arabs to me
@@user-pb2xd7ur4u No, they don't. Take a closer look and you'll see the difference, even in body type
Neither did I...SO glad this video cleared away my confusion.
I am Iranian myself, but it doesn't matter what you are, Arab, Iranian, European, etc.... no one chose his race before birth
So... can you explain your user name?
@@clorofilaazul
It's About Nationality not Ethnicity
You Can Change Your Nationality with immigrant, but you can never change your ethnicity !!
@@PatriotOfPersia "Ethnicity"... is a cultural concept. We live in the 21st Century. We should care less and less about Ethnicity or race. That's my opinion. I'm Portuguese (nationality) but I don't care if I'm "Iberian" or "European" or whatever category they want to put me in. I'm a human being, a citizen of the world, my friend. Peace.
@@clorofilaazul
That's What I Said !!!
We Shouldn't Even Care About Race !!!
It's Ok To Love Country Because it's Home it's Everything You Have but Ethnicity and Race no !!!!
Iran didn't choose islam either , the arab invaders didn't give iran any other option or choice , conversion came with a heavy cost , iran got Arabized , the language became riddled with arabic words and the alphabet in use became the arabic one
Thank you for the explination. Thank you for uploading.
Educating myself before I get involved in any 'conversations' about the present issues between west USA/UK/ISRAEL and the middle east. It's so easy to let the media distort our view of this months 'enemy', remembering humanity and culture exists, always, outside of the bitter anger of politics and religion. Thank you for this concise and useful report.
In my younger college days I had many Persian friends (1979). Persians were very hospitable and progressive. Respect 🙏.
Iranians become "bad" people only because they stopped the US from taking their oil cheaply. The same happen with Venezuela. Obviously we all know who the villain is.
Just to be clear, Persian and Iranian are not synonymous terms. Persians are the dominant ethnic group in Iran, but there are also Iranians belonging to the Azerbaijani, Armenian, Afghan, Baluchi, Kurd, Lurs and Arab ethnicities.
And I agree, many Iranians are very hospitable and progressive.
@@fiddlejohn9305 : I mean, after all, look at what type of society they had before extremist islam hijacked their country. I'm actually, old enough to remember this and the Shah as well. Were things really, worse when he was in power. On the outside, it did not look so. Well, maybe, once they get this regime out of power they can adopt the American or French model instead. What a change that would mean in the Middle East.
@@ivanj.conway9919The Muslim world would find it's gears shifting when that happens. I pray for my Aryan brothers! Women, life, freedom 🇮🇷🇮🇷
@@ivanj.conway9919 I’m also old enough to remember, and I also had the good fortune to be in Iran in ‘78 and experience the beautiful mountains and the hospitality of the people. There’s no doubt the Shah was a tyrant, but compared to now? It’s a shame the US and UK interfered with Mossadegh back in the 50’s.
One major way that Iran is different than the Arab states is that Iran has a national identity with an ancient tradition of art, music and literature that goes back thousands of years.
My husband was born in Iran and his famiky left there because of religion . . . As children they got targeted and picked on for being "Christians" in an Islamic Country. They left a few years before their revolution . . . GOD WAS WITH THEM!
This is a phenomenon that these Islamists brought with them. When I was in primary and high school in Tehran in the 60s and early 70s my two best friends were Armenian Iranians, and then the two Jewish friends that I had and we met up in the UK to do our A-Levels. They brought with them the seeds of hatred to Iran, like the rest of the Arabs.
and now they going to be soon targeted in US ....
Iran is a Shia Country, not a Islamic country. Learn the difference
another blatant lie. Christians are living in Iran for 2000 years and today they have permanent seat in parliament and many active churches and beautiful one too i may add so there is nothing like being picked up as Christians in Iran took place
@@PineappleOnPizza69 Soudi Arabia is also a sunni country not a Islamic country. Learn the differance
I was ignorant to this information. Thank you for the explanation. Greeting from U.S.A
Thank you, for enlightening many, who still are ignorant to this matter ❤❤
If there not Arab why are they single handedly funding every Arab terrorist group?
I am an Indian Shia with Iranian ancestry we don't have any connections with Arabs or their culture atleast we have close connections with Zorashtrians..
Iran is Hindu that's why they will never support Arabs.
Then please change Ur religion and chose a zoroastrian name
😂😂😂 and so funny those religions came from zoroastrismos,but they have just one god(hashem,jesus-god and alla)🤫but they will not agree with it!🤷🏽♀️
@@kpsahal77 Who are you to decide about we don't have any similarities with uncivilised Arabs Islam is not a monopoly of Arabs remember Zorashtrians are peaceful and literate than you people.
You all look the same to me.
As a Greek, Iran/Persia is a special country due to its unique history and culture, even in school we learn about Persian civilization and the Greco-Persian wars so we view Persia as a glorious country. So, I get annoyed when they confuse Iran or Turkey with Arabs cause they are not. But their cultures have been altered by the Arabs.
The reason why people mistake Iran or Turkey for Arabs is because of the religion and fanaticism, deal with it, as long as you support !slam so desperately making it a part of your society, culture and politics you will be confused with Arabs.
During Kemals rule in Turkey, where he abandoned religion and focus on western values, none dared to refer to them as Arabs, but now they are viewed differently. Same with Iran since the revolution.
you are talking like being labeled Arab is a bad thing lol the the syrians for example or Egyptians are much close to Greece than let's say someone from east Iran . Inside Iran itself there's huge region most of its population are Arabs and don't forget that some Arab states are among the wealthiest and best welfare countries in the world :)
yes, after Arabs invasion we become Muslim, but the Persian culture, language and identity is still there. The Arabs were only able to take control of Persia (Iran) for a while, which was not without problems for them. But never succeded destroy our PERSIAN identity!!!! Between all the places that the Arabs conquered, Iran was the only country that was able to survive. Now we have our own language (Persian) after 3000 years, also Iranian culture is still alive!!! All the annual festivals that Iranians celebrate, such as
-Nowruz,
-Sadeh Festival
-Charshanbe Suri
-Sizdeh Bedar
-Mehrgan Festival
-Yalda Night
have Persian Zoroastrian roots, which are still popular and held in Iran. Also, things like architecture, dance, cooking, traditional music and other things are all of Iranian origin and still exist. The only thing that has completely changed are religion and Persian alphabet, which is written in Arabic script, but still the Arabs do not understand our writings.
unfortunately these things do not include other places,
Other places conquered by Arabs such as: Egypt, Mesopotamia (Iraq), Syria, Lebanon, became totally Arabized, and their cultures and langues were forgotten. They also embraced Arab Islam, while Iranians developed their own version of Islam (Shia) wich is an mix of Islam and iranian culture.
@@CyrusPersia-wv7zovery interesting to know. Thank you. Greatings from Serbian
@@OzgeT99 what are you thinking him for?
Why are you talking like its the worst thing in the world to be labeled as arab?💀💀
I had no idea! Thanks for the info~
Cool vid! Thanks!
Thanks of uploading,lots of information.
What a shame they changed the countries name fron Persia to Iran ,Persia is such a beautiful sounding name😊
We never changed it. We have always called our homeland Iran. Europeans used to call us Persia (following the romans and greeks) so we asked them to call us by our real name.
@@Erfanh1995 ok I didn't realize that sorry,though I still prefer Persia to Iran as it sounds nicer to my ears,
It's the same with Thailand which used to be called Siam which also I prefer as it sounds quite exotic, but whether that's the original name I don't know
@johnnyboy1586
Calling Iran 'Persia' would alienate all the none Persian ethnic groups in Iran and could even lead to the country to Balkanize. Think of Iran like a Middle Eastern version of Yugoslavia. They're both made up of a bunch of colesely related ethinic groups that speak somewhat similar languages but with a single ethnicity that dominates all the other ones, with Serbs dominating Yugoslavia and Persians dominating Iran. Persians need the rest of Iran to work with them if they wanna maintain whats left of their historic empire, so they'd always go out of their way to make the other Iranians (Kurds, Azeris, Turkmen, Arabs, etc.) feel included.🤷🏾
@@johnnyboy1586 or Myanmar instead of “Burma”. Burma sounds nicer.
@@AlexanderMason1 agreed 👍
This is Very interesting. This is the history that's not taught in US schools. Thank you.
That was really interesting .
I wish it had been longer.
I have been aware of this difference for a long time. Luckily met a Persian person that was patient, and explained this difference for me.
what the difference if I can ask - different kind of Islam ??? The same Islam but just a bit different worship of Mahomed family tree / Catholic - East Ortodox Catholic /
PERSIAN ! 🤣🤣🤣 THAT IS NOT A RACE !
THE IRANIANS ARE ARABS !
DO THEY LOOK WHITE ? ABSOLUTELY NOT !
DO THE IRANIANS LOOK ARAB ? ABSOLUTELY !
@@barbsaw7002Sunni and Shia are very different. Shia follow Ali. Ali apparently never took part in the expansionist wars of early Islam. They also follow different Hadiths or no Hadiths whatsoever from my understanding (Quran only Muslims). Most of the questionable things you find in Islam are found in the Hadiths which were written well after Muhammad died
@@yeshuaismyking2885 I don't know where you're getting "they're related to Europeans" stuff from
@@stylicho Follow Ali. You can keep your Muhammud and Ali, typical nepotism, the antithesis of the ideals and values of Solon, Cleisthenes, Pericles, Plato . . . John Locke, Voltaire, Jefferson.
Iran looks like a beautiful country full of kind people. It gets a lot of negative press but 99% of human beings are good people
Rubbish
We are. Thank you
theres no country where 99% are good lol
@@Aksarallah I guess you have to believe people are good.
99% Ya and drug addict too 🤫🤭
Well presented !!!
Thank you. I learned a lot.
I m ex Muslims, our parents left Iran and now Live France...Iran needs to keep Arayan culture...❤🎉❤🎉
Arayan culture was used by Hitler and nazis from Egypt ...do you really want that?
@@barbsaw7002 If Aryan culture is Hitler to you, you dont know the culture well enough.Hitler just said that Aryans are the superiore race. If thats what a culture is to you, go and read some books.
Is this Aryan culture is a myth or reality?
@@user-li4ru6vr5wwdym myth? both Zoroastrianism and Hinduism are aryan religions, both of them are alive, Vedas are the first aryan literature
Am I the only one believes that Iran will become an Islam free country 🙋🏻
No my dear. Believe it or not the people of Iran already there! It is the EVOL Regime withe force of Gun bring the people to there knees . Let’s hope the world will be free of any destructive RELIGION!
I don’t believe that they will, but perhaps you know something that I don’t.
Once those Ayatollahs are gone from Iran, and a secular government or at at a very best a democratic system is established, Islam will be gone from Iran for the most part.
@@standforhumanitariancauses4756 that will be good in my opinion Islam & Judaism are blights on humanity.
Doesn’t have to be Islam free to be secular. One extreme to the other is not a good look 🤦♂️
Brilliant explanation, Thanks
Very educational!
This is new to me and many others like me. Thank you for the enlightenment. I learn more after reading the comments. Iran looks like a beautiful country with beautiful people.
IT'S JUST IRANIAN FANTASY....
THE IRANIANS ARE ARABS, NO DOUBT....
THEY ARE THE SAME PEOPLE !
@@makoshark69x96 Only their religion and certain aspects of their culture are the same. They're languages are different.
@@makoshark69x96 no one need your muslim lies! -_-
genetical evidences there they are not! in fact arabs relatives with the ''jews'' the hebrews and both of them a subgroup of semitic peoples!
iranians/persians are indo-iranians! they have different genoms like natural red and blonde hair!
An Iranian actually told me that they, to my surprise, do NOT like hearing us refer to their language as "Farsi," but as "Persian," saying it would be like calling Spanish "español" while speaking English.
You heard that from an Iranian that fled during the revolution. They have distanced themselves from Iran and call themselves Persian.
I always cringe when someones says that. But yeahs its exactly like saying español while speaking english. I dont know why ppl do that
@@mehrdadjimboudi2891 daddy?
You mean they don't like hearing it as farsi or persian?
@@spartawelly5863what the hell is wrong with you? Get a hold of yourself
You know my friend , It’s amazing for us Iranians . I know the events of Iran in 1979, but I am amazed how all the events coordinated to overthrow the progressive Pahlavi government and the patriotic king of our country . ❤
My Iranian student friends in the UK in 1978-79 were all supporting the Ayatollah and the overthrow of the Shah
Because both are dictators (the Shah and Superem Leader)
@@giovanniacuto2688 Today, after 45 years, we Iranians know that the 1979 revolution in Iran was a conspiracy by Western countries and Jimmy Carter to overthrow our king for the sake of interests, because Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi stood up to their excesses.
At last a proper explanation of the differences. If only the public and as important the media could grasp this. But as far as the media are concerned the facts and the truth are just a nuisance. Thanks again
It's like calling Germans as Russians, Chinese as Japanese, Australians as convicts and Swiss as French. Its understandable why they get insulted by it
Not a good example. Because Chinese, Japanese and Koreans are very close, and related. Strong resemblance of one another, physical traits, alone speak volumes. And most of them haven't been mixed. In the Middle East you see different features. I've traveled to East Asia, and there was no way , that I could tell the difference between Chinese, South Korean and Japanese. The only way to distinguish between them is by language.
@@standforhumanitariancauses4756 since you are not Asian, you can't tell the difference. For those of us who live here, we can clearly tell a Japanese person apart from a Korean one. But we can't differentiate between Arabs and Iranians.
@@anasian8894don’t worry, whites always think everyone is the same lol. Go and ask a white and they will tell you all the whites are soooo unique. Then show them a German , a Norwegian, and American of Irish descent. They can’t tell either. Whites are just brainwashed racists, so don’t bother talking to them.
@@standforhumanitariancauses4756Arabs and Iranians look the same to us
@@truthseeker-nv6ny iranians are not related to arabs. old hebrew israelites are the cousins of arabs. and yes i am not talking about fake white germanic jews like benyamin netaniyaho. i am talking about real middle eastern jews. jews and arabs came from same family not iran. iran and north indians are from same linage. they are indo european aryans
Wow, I had no clue about this, and I am sure most Americans are unaware of this as well.
My God, what an excellent video.. Thank you
My teacher prefers to say her language is Persian. She felt it reflected to ppl how it is an classical world language like saying Greek and that insisting foreigners call it Farsi erased that and made it seem more like a local language of a new developing area. I guess because everyone has heard of and impressed by Persia.
Iran, Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Lybia, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Comoros and Mouritania are definitely NOT Arabs. Some of these countries adopted the Arabic as an official language after independence (20th Century), and some did not, but that does not make these countries/nationd Arabs.
The Arabs (geographically, ethnically and culturally) are The Arabia : Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Bahrain, the Emirates and Yemen.
They don't speak Arabic in Iran & Islam was forced upon them by Arab invaders. Today 80% of Iranian population do not follow islam. Its the truth of their secrets society.
What about Iraq
Bahrain is not Arab
Iran is Hindu that's why they will never support Arabs.
Nowadays the Emirates and Saudi Arabia are Hindus too.
I recently met a guy who told me that he was Persian. I have met others who call themselves Iranians. I then say you are Persian. They smile and nod.
I think Persian is English
Iranian/ Iran is Iranian language.
@@user-ou5et3fo3zso have the always called themselves Iraians?not Persians?
Persian is a ethnic group, Persian is part of the ethnic group of Irani. Happens in few parts of the world
Like Balkans and Russians are all Slavs but they are different type of slavs
The Turkic(central asian countries) are all turkic but different
India's Ethnic diversity is a good example of this
@@Fam98KK actually Afghanistan harzara people are also Persians
@@user-ou5et3fo3z could be
thank you for bringing out those insights, i from southerb africa was oblivious of those facts
Fascinating and vital info, despite your nagging uncertainty about pronouncing that little letter A :)
Thank you.
As a non-American, I know this perfectly well.
They are Persian and very proud of it. I have met quite a lot of them and they are lovely people.
Would you look at that something I already knew. Keeping spreading this knowledge to the public dude.
Very interesting history and current. Thank you.
I am Turkish and I can feel you, It’s horrible to be mistaken as an Arab
May Allah protect us all
My Turkish brother...I'm Lebanese, and we're not Arabs either. We're a light skinned, Mediterranean people, like you guys are. We even look alike (especially the whiter Turks). I also hate being called Arab. Not because I don't like them but because that's not my ancestry. Our ancestors were the Canaanite Phoenicians. Who were Caucasian.
@@freepagan Yes, even without ethnicity Lebanese culture and Arab culture are very different. People must realize that being a Muslim doesn’t make us Arab and that we have our own distinct cultures.
@@onurvx5996 that guy is Hindu
@@freepagan Lebanese my ass.
A Lebanese would be proud of the Sahaba as his ancestors
Hindu nonsense
We know. A great civilization in the past, with the citizenry to become one again.
What I believed has now been made clear now. Thank u.
Thanks for the information!....
I grew up among many Arab immigrants, mostly from Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. I see almost no resemblance between Arabs and Iranian immigrants.
The Iranian immigrants i’ve met have all been non-religious, well spoken, well mannered, hard working, peaceful, highly educated and completely blend into society. You really don’t notice them.
cause perian always was? :S nothing hurt against arabs but the problem is the islam not the arabs! persians become muslims by force even at 1979... and many times they left islam if they had a chance! it is the reason why even they ae non religious those whose you meeted
Agree
It's because iranian elits escaping from the regimes in iran.
Are ppl from Iraq Arab ?
@@AngelMendoza-to4gd no they are Persian
I have great respect for Armenia, Georgia and Persia with their historical past and legacy for the culture of all mankind.
Great too know😊 Thank you very much 😊
Overall I liked this video, on the whole. While it features a rather glib run-🙄through of of the basic issues, it has a more objective and respectful narration. Some improtant insights are included.
This was very enlightening for me. I’m embarrassed to say I’m over 60 and there’s some very basic things about people in the world and history. I never really understood well if at all. I remember spending the day in Mexico at our anthropological museum in Mexico City with a docent And he gave me the tour and then we went to the big plaza and at the end of our day I asked him how many times did I offend you today? You see in our ignorance we say things, and we don’t even realize how offensive they could actually be because we just don’t have the understanding or knowledge. Most people are very compassionate and generous about our ignorance, but really Americans can be lazy about the outside world. I grew up in Los Angeles and after the fall of the Shaw, there was a very large group of professional Iranians, who moved to the Los Angeles area mostly in Westwood near UCLA and they have a very successful community there. They’re fully integrated into California American life, and it would be very difficult to point one out really because they just look like Americans. I’ve always found them to be very interested in education, very well, mannered and often going into good professions.
Very interesting observation Sir.
Shah not Shaw….
We both have learned from this item,
Half of my family is Iranian, in LA. They are not fully integrated. We Americans are not ignorant, we are observant. The man was The Shah, not a guy named Shaw. They look nothing like Americans. They very much show the symptoms of growing up in a totalitarian society. Some are successful in LA only because they are as value-free and shallow as native Angelinos. Above all, they are Muslims when push comes to shove. Having said that, you sound like a bigger problem than they.
Well, that's not something exclusive about _"Americans being lazy about the outside world";_ that actually occurs with people from other cultures as well.
Say in my case, I am from Colombia, I am studying in Canada and my roommate is actually from Iran. We normally get along but I have found that he's very sensitive to everything related to his country and culture whereas he doesn't show any minimal interest or respect towards other cultures. For example, he gets upset even if someone simply asks him if Iranians are similar to Arabs, Kurds or Turks but he keeps confusing my nationality with Mexico, Spain or Brazil under the excuse that _"we are all the same the same 'shoot'"._
Also, if you ask him how to say something in Farsi, he will expect you to pronounce that in perfect Farsi as if you were a native speaker and he will still tell how much you s speaking his language with comments like *_"Seriously? Aren't you able to make that consonantal sound? What kind of sounds then you have in French?"_* even when he doesn't speak English that well and sometimes it's hard to understand him due to his thick accent and a lisp that he particularly has.
Oh, and with respect to the *_"What kind of sounds then you have in French?"_* That is because he tends to confuse 'Spanish' and 'French' so if I correct him and tell him that I speak Spanish, not French, then he gets defensive and says something like *_"who cares, seriously? French, Spanish, whatever... You understood what I meant and French and Spanish are the same 'shoot' anyway..."_*
I don't know, the more I have lived with him, the less interested I have become towards his culture. I would definitely be more understanding towards him if he showed at least a minimal interest to other cultures than his own. And just in case, I do not mind being confused with a Mexican, Brazilian or Spaniard since we share a lot of things. However, it really bothers me that he expects everyone to be super educated about his country when he does not do the minimal effort towards any other culture. Oh, and in case it's not clear, every time I wrote _'shoot',_ that's not the word he actually uses.
I'm an American and hope I can someday be granted a tourist visa to visit Iran. I've heard nothing but high praise from other world travelers saying Iranians are warm, friendly and well educated people.
Would you kindly tell your ' democratically ' elected leaders not to support the evil Islamist regime in Tehran through backdoor diplomacy, so hopefully one day, I could go back to my own country after 49 years. Appreciate it very much buddy.
@lensman5762 america was responsible for imposition of islamic regime on iran.😅
Same, Iran is one of the countries I most want to visit (same with Afghanistan). The people don't actually hate us, they don't really hate anyone apparently, just the US government. And guess what? Most Americans also hate the US government lol.
@@Awakeningspirit20even the USA government doesn’t hate you
@@Awakeningspirit20 I know, but apparently it' is not enough to prevent the bombs falling on people's heads. At least we have a half decent excuse, as the people ruling our countries are not elected, in the case of Iran they are not even Iranians, but for the democratic countries? What can I say?
That was good, thank you.^
Shukran for the information!
Shukran is Arabic. Iranians say merci.
@@khair101 Thanks! I was just joking with the title of the video. man kami Farsi harfs mizanam.
As a Croat i hope that islam will eventualy live Iran and make it amazing place that once was. 🇮🇷🇭🇷
Los iraníes no son musulmanes amigo, la mayoría de los jóvenes en Irán son ateos o zoroastrianos, además irán es el país donde más rápido están apareciendo iglesias, solo están bajo un régimen islamico que oprime a los iraníes.
Agree
Islam isn't oppressing them, its their government and western sanctions.
@@khair101It is opressing them
I dream of a day Iran is saved from Islamic rule and goes on to become a secular, free, modern country. Everyone can practice their religion as they wish but the government should be secular. Iran has the potential to be a top 10 economy in the World. Also, very good looking people I must say.
Thanks a lot🙏
From iran💙
Thankyou. I will subscribe to your channel. Liked your content. Highly educational. Don't like background noise music when it is being delivered as the information is too crucial and seriously informative for it.
But, do not get put out. Most know that is my preference when presenting news based contents of this kind of category.
See, if these creators think that method, by treating their content like a music video is going to up the cool factor thereby up the subscribers, is a hasty option.
I like quiet channels especially when it is serious and important data being relayed.
Such as in this.
If I want music, I can watch RAGE readers.
I understand - Iran is a country of the Persians, not Arabs.
However, the Iranian glory was during the Persian empire time, not after they submitted to Islam and abandoned their Persian heritage. That is the suicide for the Persians, abandoning their official religion, Zoroastrianism, and submit to the sword of the Arabs, Islam's.
Once they embraced Islam Persians are no longer Persians; they are lost people.
True and rightly spoken
How come the Romans, Greeks are not lost people but Iranians are ?
@@mahmoodabbasi6120maybe they are too,all great nations come and go,the Greeks, and Roman's were great empires which the west founded most of its philosophies and governmental practices upon,but I believe where seen the decline of the western empire now,the rot happening from within 😢
@@johnnyboy1586 Rise and fall is a part of history.
@@mahmoodabbasi6120 so true
Sorry past for Islamic. Im into Christian rise!!! Fighting
Thanks for the history lesson
I remember when me and my brother went on a trip to Thailand (we are 50/50 iranian/swedish descent born & raised as christians) and there was one aussie guy asking us our nationality. When we mentioned the word "iranian" he instantly replied "Oh so you're arab." Where my brother instantly replied "Hey don't call me an arab." I can't blame them though. It's like people believeing Irak and Iran is the same. The arab label is hard to dodge if you are of middle eastern origin. The muslim label is also hard to dodge as a middle easterner if you don't wear a cross necklace. Hopefully people will educate themselves about middle east in the future.
Love from iran 🇮🇷❤️🇸🇦
Remove that Saudi flag. They're not our friends
@soorenaildari8142 they are our friend....داداش چرا نه دقیقا ؟؟؟
We are all friends only the most does not know that. Peace my brothers and sisters.
Yes because your a sheite muslim.
@@arshianm برادر رفتار دولت سعودی با ایرانیها خیلی زننده است.مشکل سیاسی هم نیست. از زمان صفویه هم آغاز شده است و مال امروز و دیروز نیست. سنیها در ایران جنایات فراوانی کردند و وقتی صفویان روی کار آمدند،اینها که انتظار پاسخ نداشتند کینه بر دل گرفتند. شاه اسماعیل اول صفوی جنازه امام حنفیه را در عراق از قبر بیرون کشید و سوزاند و به جایش سگی را دفن کرد. اینها هنوز این موضوع را فراموش نکردهاند. سپردن حکومت عراق به شیعیان هم کینه سعودیها را چند برابر کرد.
Also, India has a huge Irani-Zoroastrian community called Parsi whose ancestors were Zoroastrians seemed refuge in India from Islamic persecution in Iran. Many Huge Indian Business firms like TATAs are Parsis.
Yet so many Indians don't know who the Parsi are. I tried to have a conversation about it with several people but nobody knew what I was talking about.
the parsi is the true persians... sorry but an iranian call their language parsi! which is changing to persas/persa if talking about places or groups... lol
@@bradleyhenderson1198 Because India is a huge country and most Parsis live in the city of Mumbai and like to stick with each other. Most Indians from other states will prolly never come in contact with a Parsi for all their lives. We only get to hear about Parsis from movies and tv shows.
those zoroastrians are the Persian who did not want to submit to islam. so they went to India. However, they are the real Persians.
Good to know… it puts history in a different perspective.
Even before the Iranian Revolution, the Shah was someone who knocked heads over who would be the main power dominating the Persian Gulf. (The Saudis do not even like to call it by that name.) Sometimes it is simply a matter of powerful nations projecting their influence into areas of strategic concern, which causes them to come into conflict.
Religious ties and political alliances might grant some influence to Iran in places like Iraq or Syria or Lebanon, but ethnic differences limit them. The public in the West does not really understand these complexities; if they did, they would take a very different view on what happens in that part of the world - hopefully a more realistic and less paranoid one.
Knowledge is power. Thank you for the insight. I was ignorant of the Persian descent of Iran. It makes the culture more interesting to explore given the references to Persia in the Bible
It is true that except they share the same religious belief, as society or ethnic groups, they don't have common background. One of the main reason people confuse to see Iran as an Arab nation is that because the country is located within the Middle East bordered and nearby the Arab nations and its dominant religion is Islam. Also, due to Islamic and Arabic culture influences, the country abandoned its own ancient alphabets and uses Arabic writing alphabets.
Iranians are very hospitable and wonderful hosts for their guest ….really I would love to visit Persia someday 🤗🤗🤗🧡🧡🧡I mean Iran….🙏
Iran's civilization is very old and, unfortunately, it has had various conquerors throughout history, such as Alexander the Great - Genghis Khan the Mongol - the Muslim Arabs of Saudi Arabia, etc., for this reason, it has influenced the religion, language, and customs of Iranians to some extent changed, with However, after all these years, Persian culture, language, religion and customs still exist and are always admired by many historians and researchers.
The best advice I received was to study a country's history before you visit. You'll make friends a lot quicker.
If they went back to there root religion in a sense of how India has maintained its ancient religion. It could easily become an much more advanced country. Ironic right?
Makes me wonder how different history would have played out if the Sassanids hadn't converted to Islam but kept Zoroastrianism instead. Hell, the Zoroastrians gave us Freddie Mercury.
Worshipping cows is not advanced bro 😂😂
@@theneighborhoodstroker7285 To be fair, cows actually exist.
@@DarDarBinks1986 yes and they stink go worship them
@@theneighborhoodstroker7285 well they drink cow's milk so
Great vid, but what of their feelings toward Isra-el?
This should be taught in every school and colleges. Informative, and enlightening. Without understanding the past, you cannot understand the future.
BULLLLLLL
IRAN HAS BEEN WRAPPED IN A 45 YEAR GIANT LIE CALLED ISLAM.
People don’t care enough to know
The goal of the communist jews in charge is to destroy the past completely so we don't know anything and can be manipulated and destroyed easily. They're also the reason all these stupid wars happen in the Middle East for the benefit of Israel.
Nobody gives a shit about iran
I’ve always been fascinated by Iran. Always. Ever since I met an Iranian exchange student back when I was maybe 8 in Ireland. She was my first ‘crush’. Damn she was so cool. Then again we were 8. I always wish I could get in touch with her somehow. Anyway, since then I’ve always paid attention to the Iranians. They are far more liberal, well educated, intelligent, good solid people than many around them. Their powerful leaders seem to act the opposite to the people. I hope one day Europeans and Iranians can be somehow United in our aspersions of wanting a good life.
their leaders are puppets of the US and UK. They all know this. In 2009, they had a huge uprising--and Obama and the US 'left' supported the ayatollahs as usual. Americans support the enslavement of Muslims under corrupt despots. But Iranians are wise enough to reject the mullahs. Arabs (and tons of stupid Muslim Americans) love hamas and fatah, who are the same thing (but in palestine).
Know that this worldly life is no more than play, amusement, luxury, mutual boasting, and competition in wealth and children. This is like rain that causes plants to grow, to the delight of the planters. But later the plants dry up and you see them wither, then they are reduced to chaff. And in the Hereafter there will be either severe punishment or forgiveness and pleasure of Allah, whereas the life of this world is no more than the delusion of enjoyment.
@@yahya.al.hubati uh, no. This world is what matters, not delusions regarding afterlife.
@@monkeyb1820 we’ll see who’s right eventually
@@yahya.al.hubati we already know who is right. Hitler loved Islam b/c of this 'afterlife'.
The most educated and patriotic people I have met are Iranians
Says an Iranian
Im From Sweden actually
@@danielj6559 sure
@@greattribulation1388 Iranians are far more civil and eduacted than the trashy people living next to them. (Arabs)
Interesting !
I am older and in my dealings with Iranians they called themselves Persians. Lovely people, great food and very proud of their heritage. They came to 🇨🇦 when Khomani took over. They are actually Christian and feared for their lives. Carpet importers of which i have a number of. Beautiful🇨🇦🙏
Persian religion before is a Zoroastrianism which they are they own set of values and standard a much and true peaceful than today's iranian belief.
Today's Iran is also peaceful
@@hasinabegum1038 Nice joke though. But do you even know about Zoroastrianism, the faith of ancestors?
@@hasinabegum1038 Yeah I'm a Persian and if you're an Iranian go ahead and kiss the foot of your Arab leaders.
@@JR-du5zqlmao you are not Persian. Cope harder
The Cyrus cylinders was the first charters of human rights known. It was highly ethical and moral
The word “Iran” literally translates to “Land of Aryans” which is derived from Aryanam (the plural form in Avestan) an early Iranian language. The term Aryan meaning ‘noble' in old Iranian languages was used as an ethnocultural self-designation by ancient Iranian peoples, in contrast to an an-Arya ('non-Arya').
The only recorded use of the term Arya is attested by the ancient Persian kings. The Behistun inscription in Western Iran lays a rock relief from Darius the great of the first Persian empire dating ~500BCE translated from old Persian:
“I am Darius the great king, king of kings, king of countries containing all kinds of men, king in this great earth far and wide, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid, a Persian, son of a Persian, an Aryan, having Aryan lineage”.
Iran literally do not translate to Land of Aryan.
Arya is a Sanskrit world which means nobleman who live in Aryavarta - the land of aryans. That is Jambudvīpa or Bharat.
Aryans have got nothing to do with Iran and hence the Aryan invasion or migration nonsense has been debunked several times.
The word ancient Indians or aryans used for Iran was barbaric outsiders and the Sanskrit world is mlecha, same goes for Greeks and Roman. (And no don’t google the world Mlecha coz there’s hardly proper definitions out there. Not even can wiki provide a proper definition.) u have to know Sanskrit for that.
The boundaries of Aryavarta were from Kumbha River of Kabul to the Ganges River of India and from the valleys of Kashmir to the other side of Narmada.
Aryavarta has been used in world 2 greatest epics Ramayana and Mahabharata which predates Iran or Persian civilisation. In fact the kings of Mahabharata were called Kings of Aryavarta
Kindly broaden your horizon of knowledge.
@@r.b.8018 Nice joke 😂
@@r.b.8018Iranians have been Aryans since 2000 BC
Aryans are the people of Indo-Iranian People group. Both the people of Vedic Age and the people of the Avestan age in ancient Iran were the split of Aryans.
Iran, Eranshahr = Land of Aryans
Aryanshahi = rule of the aryans
Arya = Sanskrit...Aryan = Avestan/Proto Iranian for the People of the Aryanem Vaijeh
@@r.b.8018You're most likely a Dravidian high on Brahmanism to think that Aryans have got nothing to do with Iran..when the greatest Aryan empires were all Iranians.
Aryans are not indigenous to both greater Iran and northern indo-gangetic plains....and both these groups have same origin in Central Asian Steppe. .
They came to these lands in migration/invasion/settlement/refugees and outnumbered and assimilated the previous population groups
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"FROM MUSLIM TO ADVENTIST "BY SHAHBAZ.B. BEAUTIFUL TRUE AMAZING STORY FROM IRAN 🇮🇷 👏 ❤️
Nice to listen to this history about arabs from iran.
I find Iranians to be highly cultured and well educated people. My best friend is Persian and she is not religious at all, she totally blames it on the oppressive Muslim government. Widely enough she is attracted to western christian people. She is open minded and she is ADAMANTly against islam creeping into Western culture. We had our children together. Now there are certain ethnic groups she cannot stand, like Arabs and some south Asian cultures. I am Caribbean so my family is literally the United Nations so I have Arab, White, South Asian and Asian family.
She is one of my best buddies and if anything happened to me I would trust my children with her. She knows my secrets and I know hers. We share a Turkish friend who does not like Arabs either. Weirdly I am the one that is constantly challenging their beliefs both of them tell me look Arabs are racists as are most Muslims. They tell it to me like Fact, not up for discussion. Both of them tag team on their dislike for muslim practices and constantly tell me if Muslims were running this country the whole place would sink into their cultural muslim abyss. I tell them Christian are restrictive too. They respond to me, you have no idea what a restrictive faith is like to live in. They are the biggest protectors of Western culture!
Iranians are one of the most ancient indo european cultures with a still existing genuine character! They are indeed more related genetically and culturally relates to what southern europeans were 1500 years ago!
Fascinating!
Thanks. I am very ignorant about this part of the world. A little more info helps!
Ok, this is enlightening..thanks ❤❤❤
Iranians are not closer to Europeans but it’s rather Europeans are closer to Iranians.
Iranians are the original Aryans whereas Europeans are a mix of Aryans and the Nordic/Celtic race.
The Vikings were a mixture of Aryans and black-skinned, blue-eyed indigenous people. The first time Rome discovered such mixed blood, they were surprised and liked it, so they kept them alive until today.
The "harsher" sounds spoken in Arabic. (That line is interesting...)
I understand. I am from Nigeria (a country in West Africa), its like saying Nigeria and Botswana, a country in Southern Africa) are thesame just because we all look brown. We know our differences, we are very different.
I wear it proudly!
Great video! This is not taught in US schools (along with so many other things) and the effect is astounding ignorance. Unless you are a lifelong learner, who continually seeks opportunities for edification.
This video is BS, trying to compartmentalize the Middle East like the Americans do with their own citizens. It's way more complex than this.
You obviously are ignorant of American schools curriculum or skipped a lot of class when you were in school. This is literally 7th grade information presented in this video.
When I was in school, I was taught that Iran was Persian and not Arab and that they differed in religion and language. Maybe your education was lacking but it’s part of the American curriculum. I think the Islamic revolution that took over the entire area is the commonality which confuses some people making it easy to lump the two together.
I’m dumb. I missed it. The title said”…and why they fight”. Was all that just that they differ in sects of Islam?
Is this akin to saying Japan is not “Asia”…? From what I’ve heard, Japanese people don’t think of themselves as Asian, they say they are Japanese. This is sounding quite similar to that as language, DNA lineage etc is quite different to other Asian countries