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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.
The majority of the population of Iran (approximately 80%) consists of Iranic peoples. [1][2] The largest groups in this category include Persians (who form the majority of the Iranian population) and Kurds, with smaller communities including Gilakis, Mazandaranis, Lurs, Tats, Talysh, and Baloch. Turkic peoples constitute a substantial minority of about 15–24%, the largest group being the ...
The Iranian peoples, [1] or the Iranic peoples, [2] are the collective ethno-linguistic groups [1][3] who are identified chiefly by their native usage of any of the Iranian languages, which are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages within the Indo-European language family.
Ancient and modern Iranian peoples mostly descend from the Proto-Indo-Iranians, common ancestors respectively of the Proto-Iranians and Proto-Indo-Aryans, this people possibly was the same of the Sintashta-Petrovka culture. Proto-Iranians separated from the Proto- Indo-Aryans early in the 2nd-millennium BCE. These peoples probably called themselves by the name " Aryans ", which was the basis ...
Amir Ali Sheibany, professor of geology, University of Tehran; founder and chairman of the National Iranian Steel Corporation (ZobAhan AryaMehr) Saeed Shirkavand, former vice minister in Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Iran), assistant professor in management faculty of University of Tehran [44]
Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran. Ebrahim Raisi, former president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. Died in a famous helicopter crash. Hassan Rouhani, former president of Iran (2013–2021) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former president of Iran (2005–2013) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former politician.
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Iranic people. This category lists articles related to people of Iranian ethnic origin. For categories and articles related to the people of the country of Iran, see Category:Iranian people.