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Originally Posted by KingK7
Is that like a "a whale is not a fish" kind of thing?
j/k
Seems like most people group them together with the arabs though, and some Iranians always get upset about it... Is there a genetical difference? I sure could not tell the difference between an Iraqi and an Iranian, look pretty similar to me, kinda like Norwegians and Swedes...
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Hehe, it's a bit like that.
Both are mostly muslims now, but iranians have persian roots. The arabs invaded and conquered Persia in the 7th century. There is even an arab word that means "non-arab" used for persians: adscham. Well, they are indo-european aryans (which just means "nobles", btw), not arabs.