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The majority of the population of Iran (approximately 80%) consists of Iranian peoples. [1] The largest groups in this category include Persians, mostly referred to as Fars (who form 61% of the Iranian population) and Kurds (who form 10% of the Iranian population), with other communities including Semnanis, Khorasani Kurds, Larestanis, Khorasani Balochs, Gilakis, Laks, Mazandaranis, Lurs, Tats ...
The academic usage of the term Iranian is distinct from the state of Iran and its various citizens (who are all Iranian by nationality), in the same way that the term Germanic peoples is distinct from Germans. Some inhabitants of Iran are not necessarily ethnic Iranians by virtue of not being speakers of Iranian languages. [citation needed]
The Persians (/ ˈ p ɜːr ʒ ən z / PUR-zhənz or / ˈ p ɜːr ʃ ən z / PUR-shənz) are a Western Iranian ethnic group who comprise the majority of the population of Iran. [4] They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language [6] [7] [8] as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian.
Afro-Iranians (Persian: ایرانیان آفریقاییتبار) refers to Iranian people with significant black ancestry. Most Afro-Iranians are concentrated in the southern provinces of Iran, including Hormozgan, Sistan and Balochistan, Bushehr, Khuzestan, and Fars.
Iranians or Iranian people may refer to: Iranian peoples, Indo-European ethno-linguistic group living predominantly in Iran and other parts of Southwest Asia and the Caucasus, as well as parts of Central Asia and South Asia Persians, Iranian ethnic group comprising over half of the population of Iran; The nationals of Iran. Iranian nationality law
The Ossetians (/ ɒ ˈ s iː ʃ ə n z / oss-EE-shənz or / ɒ ˈ s ɛ t i ən z / oss-ET-ee-ənz; [26] Ossetic: ир, ирæттæ / дигорӕ, дигорӕнттӕ, romanized: ir, irættæ / digoræ, digorænttæ), [27] also known as Ossetes (/ ˈ ɒ s iː t s / OSS-eets), [28] Ossets (/ ˈ ɒ s ɪ t s / OSS-its), [29] and Alans (/ ˈ æ l ə n z / AL-ənz), are an Iranian [30] [31] [32 ...
Azerbaijanis comprise the largest minority ethnic group in Iran. Apart from Iranian Azerbaijan (provinces of West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, Ardabil and Zanjan), Azerbaijani populations are found in large numbers in four other provinces: Hamadan (includes other Turkic ethnic groups such as Afshar, Gharehgozloo, Shahsevan, and Baharloo [27] [28]), [29] Qazvin, [30] Markazi, [31] and Kurdistan.
Alans, an Iranian people and ancestors of Ossetians, their name comes from the word Aryan; Aria, province of the Achaemenid, Seleucid, and Parthian Empires; Ariana, Greco-Roman geographical term, synonym of Iran; Arya Samaj, considered a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement, their name means "Noble, i.e Aryan, Society" Graeco-Aryan