youre probably right about that.
especially since the iranians are not arabs.
I was thinking Shia vs. Sunni.
But you are right about the arab thing too.
PressTV is an iranian outfit bent on being the Al-Jezzera of the Shiite propaganda machine.
In 1935 Persia changed its country’s name to Iran at the encouragement of their Nazi friends to show alliance with the Third Reich. The farsi translation for Iran is actually Aryan. Go figure. This was the “peace loving and democratic” regime that the Shah overthrew in his attempts to bring the Persian or Fars influence back to the forefront of his country.
When I was there, virtually all of the people I worked with preferred to be referred to as Persians.
With any luck at all, when the people of Iran complete their revolution, maybe they will change the name of the country back to Persia as a gesture to distance themselves from the tyranical regime that exists today.