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Originally posted by baddog
that is easy . . . . because when Iran was holding the American embassy personnel as hostages (back in the Carter Administration) there was a lot of predjucice against Iranians. They figured no one would remember that Persia was Iran, thus no one would hassle them
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I can understand that being an issue back in 79 when the Shah fell but why is it that when I hit the clubs in Westwood CA (lots of Iranians/Persians/Medes there) they always refer to themselves as Persians