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Originally posted by MrIzzz
why do gypsies refer to themselves as gypsies? or native ameican indians still call themselves indians? or palestinians? or any other people in this world?
because they trace their ancestral origins to an area, and just because most of these borders were created in the last 100 years, doesn't mean that those people necessarily chose to have the name of their land changed.
these peoples keep their individual identities alive eventhough the current name of their borders have changed
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But do people IN Iran call themselves Persians or Iranians? If people wanted to call themselves Persians why not just change the name back to Persia? Or is it a non-Muslim v Muslim thing? or maybe a Shia vs Sunni thing (Iran is majority Shia)?