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Originally Posted by bluejays
Off topic question, why do Iranians refer to themselves as Perians? Persia doesn't exist anymore. Genuinely curious?
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Iran is the oldest country in the world. As I understand it, they always called themselves Iran. It's Europeans, who called them Persia. Kind of like Finland is really Suomi, but everyone else call them Finland. A hundred years ago they asked to officially call them Iran instead of Persia.