Iran original name

Submitted by cherry mosteshar (United Kingdom), Aug 22, 2007 at 18:17

Iran has always been the name of the country westerners called Persia. This was not a change of name but a correction. Indo-Europeans are Aryan, and Iranians are Indo-Europeans. Check the history

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