[cgk]

actually had heard before that it is extremely insulting to Iranian people to call them Arabs

I wish I could call Ahmanpour an Arab to her face, then.

Also, it is extremely insulting to call non-African-Americans, "African-Americans", as Paul Begala called Colin Powell (NY born from Jamaican parents) in his earth-shattering interview with .... Chris Rock.

[mabelkitty]

Or how about calling Chinese/Japanese or vice versa.

Whoa!

[Steve_Seattle]

"had heard before that's it's insulting to Iranians to call them Arabs"

Probably because they are not Arabs.