Persian, predominant ethnic group of iran (formerly known as persia) The people of that region have traditionally called their country iran, ‘land of the aryans.’ that name was officially adopted in 1935 The first persian empire, founded by cyrus the great around 550 b.c., became one of the largest empires in history, stretching from europe’s balkan peninsula in the west to india’s indus.
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It is spoken by about 130 million people, mainly in iran, afghanistan and tajikistan, and also in uzbekistan, iraq, russia and azerbaijan.
Easy persian website offers online lessons in listening, speaking, reading and writing persian or farsi as spoken in iran
They are indigenous to the iranian plateau and comprise the major. The history of the persian language is divided into three eras Iranian persian (persian, western persian, or farsi) is spoken in iran, and by minorities in iraq and the persian gulf states Eastern persian (dari persian, afghan persian, or dari) is spoken in afghanistan.
Persia, historic region of southwestern asia associated with the area that is now modern iran
