Iranians do not recognize themselves as Arabs, but as Persians. Why?

Iran is located in West Asia, on the coast of the Persian Gulf.

It is a theocratic country.

When we mention West Asia, the first thing that comes to mind is the Arabs.

In our impression, West Asia is the Arab world.

Indeed, West Asia is the main place where Arabs live.

North Africa, which is close to West Asia, is also the main place where Arabs live.

The Arabs are an ancient people, originating from the ancient Semitic tribes.

After a long historical evolution, Arabs today use Arabic, believe in Islam, and mainly live in West Asia and North Africa.

We call countries dominated by Arabs Arab countries, and we usually call West Asia and North Africa the "Arab World".

But in fact, not all countries in North Africa or West Asia are Arab countries.

For example, Israel and Iran in West Asia. Although they are both important countries in West Asia, they are not Arab countries.

Israel is a country dominated by Jews. It believes in Judaism and uses Hebrew.

Although Iran is also a country that believes in Islam, their main ethnic group is not Arabs.

But the Persians use Persian, which is a different language from Arabic.

Iran is located near two river basins and is also a famous ancient country.

The ancestors of the Iranians established a very powerful country spanning Asia, Africa and Europe - the Persian Empire more than 2,000 years ago.

Later, the Persian Empire fell, but the Persians still took root in the original land and continued until today.

However, culturally, it suffered a great impact.

Although the Persian language was retained by them, their beliefs were changed.

Persians originally believed in Persian religion (yes, the Persian religion in the Western Regions with the Holy Fire Order in Jin Yong's novels), but they were forcibly converted to Islam.

Today the Iranians are a serious Islamic country, although their main ethnic group, the Persians, do not belong to Arabs and do not use Arabic.

So what is the difference between Persians and Arabs?

First, the national origins are different.

The Persians originated from the Iranian plateau on the east coast of the Persian Gulf and are typical Aryans of Serbian origin. The Arabs originated from the ancient Semitic tribes in North Africa.

Second, the national languages ??are different. Persians use Persian, which belongs to the Indo-European language family and is closer to the languages ??currently used in most parts of Europe.

Arabs use Arabic, which belongs to the Semitic language family.

In other words, Iranians (Persians) and Arabs belong to two peoples with different language families.

Third, there are differences in religious beliefs.

Yes, although Arabs and Iranians are both Muslims who believe in Islam, they belong to different factions.

Due to different understandings of Islamic teachings, Muslims are divided into two major factions, Shia and Sunni.

Iran is the main representative country of Shia Muslims,

The vast majority of Arabs are Sunni Muslims.

Finally, there are certain differences in the appearance of the two ethnic groups.

Although they both belong to the white race, Persians are relatively different from Arabs.

Taller and stronger, with fairer skin.

The other biggest difference between the two is that Persian eyes are light blue and Arab eyes are dark brown.