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  2. Iranian Arabs - Wikipedia

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    Iranian Arabs (Arabic: عرب إيران ʿArab-e Īrān; Persian: عرب‌های ايران Arabhā-ye Irān) are the citizens of Iran who are ethnically Arab. [4] In 2008, their population stood at about 1.6 million people. [ 5 ]

  3. Iranian peoples - Wikipedia

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    The term "Persian" (Arabic: فُرس, romanized: Furs, Persian: فارس, romanized: Fars) is more often used in English partly due to the fact that "Iran" was known in the western world as "Persia". In 1959, the government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , Reza Shah's son, announced that both "Persia" and "Iran" could officially be used ...

  4. Arab-Persians - Wikipedia

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    Arab-Persians (Arabic: الفرس العرب; Persian: عرب های پارسی) are people who are of mixed Arab and Persian descent. Historically, inter-ethnic marriages between Arabs and Persians have been common in Iran , Kuwait , Iraq , and Bahrain , as well as in Lebanon and Syria , albeit to a lesser extent.

  5. Ethnicities in Iran - Wikipedia

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    The majority of the population of Iran (approximately 80%) consists of Iranic 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 ...

  6. Persians - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Islamization of Iran - Wikipedia

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    The work of Iranians can be seen in every field of cultural endeavor, including Arabic poetry, to which poets of Iranian origin composing their poems in Arabic made a very significant contribution. In a sense, Iranian Islam is a second advent of Islam itself, a new Islam sometimes referred to as Islam-i Ajam.

  8. Iranians in Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Iranians, Arabs, Azeris, Armenians, Lebanese, Kurds, Turks, Arab-Persians Iranians in Lebanon are people of Iranian background or descent residing in Lebanon . Some of them are Lebanese citizens while some are migrants or descendants born in Lebanon with Iranian heritage.

  9. Languages of Iran - Wikipedia

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    As of October 2023, Iran has banned the teaching of foreign languages, including Arabic, in all primary and kindergarten schools. The ban is intended to help preserve Iranian identity in children at a young age. [13] The Arabic taught in schools is Modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic, which is used in Islamic liturgy.