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  2. Persians - Wikipedia

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    The Persians (/ ˈpɜːrʒənz / PUR-zhənz or / ˈpɜːrʃənz / PUR-shənz) are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half 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.

  3. Demographics of Iran - Wikipedia

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    The term "Iranian citizens abroad" or " Iranian/Persian diaspora" refers to the Iranian people and their children born in Iran but living outside of Iran. Migrant Iranian workers abroad remitted less than two billion dollars home in 2006. [43]

  4. Iranian peoples - Wikipedia

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    The Old Persian and Avestan evidence is confirmed by the Greek sources. [20] Herodotus, in his Histories, remarks about the Iranian Medes that "Medes were called anciently by all people Arians" (7.62). [20] [21] In Armenian sources, the Parthians, Medes and Persians are collectively referred to as Iranians. [30]

  5. Ethnic groups in the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    Ethnolinguistic distribution in Central and Southwest Asia of the Altaic, Caucasian, Afroasiatic (Hamito-Semitic) and Indo-European families.. Ethnic groups in the Middle East are ethnolinguistic groupings in the "transcontinental" region that is commonly a geopolitical term designating the intercontinental region comprising West Asia (including Cyprus) without the South Caucasus, [1] and also ...

  6. Ethnicities in Iran - Wikipedia

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    Turkic peoples constitute a substantial minority of about 15–24%, the largest group being the Azerbaijani. They are the second largest ethnicity in Iran, as well as the largest minority group. [3] Other Turkic groups include the Turkmen, Qashqai and Kazakhs peoples. Arabs account for about 2–3% of the Iranian population.

  7. Culture of Iran - Wikipedia

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    The word of [Bonchaq, or Bonchagh] in modern Persian language is new version of old Avestan and Pahlavi language "check". In Persian, it means a document which resembles money value for gold, silver and property. By law, people were able to buy and sell these documents or exchange them. [citation needed] (500 BC) – World's oldest staple.

  8. Genetic history of the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    The genetic history of the Middle East is the subject of research within the fields of human population genomics, archaeogenetics and Middle Eastern studies.Researchers use Y-DNA, mtDNA, and other autosomal DNA tests to identify the genetic history of ancient and modern populations of Egypt, Persia, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Arabia, the Levant, and other areas.

  9. Iranian Americans - Wikipedia

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    The survey had a cooperation rate of 31.2%. Iranian Americans, also known as Persian Americans, are citizens or nationals of the United States who are of Iranian ancestry. Most Iranian Americans arrived in the United States after 1979, as a result of the Iranian Revolution and the fall of the Persian monarchy, with over 40% settling in ...