Re: President Ahmadinejad and Pan-Turkism
Azeri Turks on Iran and Persia:
The name Persia is a misunderstanding by the Western historians. Iran was always called Iranzamin and people in Iran are Iranians and not Persians. Iranian and Persian are the same thing. There are no Persians in Iran. Persian is only a language. There are no such people in Iran. All the people in Iran are "Iranian". Click here to see "Are there Persians in Iran?"
Note by oslonor:
Iranian and Persian are not the same thing. Yes. Iran has been called Iranzamin in Ferdowsi's book 1000 years ago. But people of Iran-Zamin were not called Iranians. They were called Sogdians,Parthians, Baktrians,Khorasanis, Khuzis, Persians, Medes etc. There was no Iranian term covering all the ethnic groups of Iran-Zamin. Iranian is a modern creation and points to the citizens of Iran. The term "Iranian" has no historical significance.
Persian history states that Persians built the Persian Empire. Parthians defeated the Greek Army of Alexander and saved Persia from Greek invaders. Alexander the Great could not defeat the Bakhtrians. Persian history never states that "Iranians" did this or that as Azeri Turks imaginary history assumes.
Replacing the term Persian with "Iranian" Azeri Turks are trying to include themselves in some imaginary history of Iran when Azeri Turks did not even live in Iran. The purpose of all this is to prove that there was no Persian Empire and it was an "Iranian Empire". And Azeri Turks are "Iranians" and are inheritors of history and traditions of "Iranian Empire" as Azeri Turk Shirin Ebadi claims. Shirin Ebadi the Nobel Peace Prize winner claims "I am an Iranian and a descedants of Cyrus the Great Iranian Empire.!!!!!
Azeri Turks on Iran and Persia:
The name Persia is a misunderstanding by the Western historians. Iran was always called Iranzamin and people in Iran are Iranians and not Persians. Iranian and Persian are the same thing. There are no Persians in Iran. Persian is only a language. There are no such people in Iran. All the people in Iran are "Iranian". Click here to see "Are there Persians in Iran?"
Note by oslonor:
Iranian and Persian are not the same thing. Yes. Iran has been called Iranzamin in Ferdowsi's book 1000 years ago. But people of Iran-Zamin were not called Iranians. They were called Sogdians,Parthians, Baktrians,Khorasanis, Khuzis, Persians, Medes etc. There was no Iranian term covering all the ethnic groups of Iran-Zamin. Iranian is a modern creation and points to the citizens of Iran. The term "Iranian" has no historical significance.
Persian history states that Persians built the Persian Empire. Parthians defeated the Greek Army of Alexander and saved Persia from Greek invaders. Alexander the Great could not defeat the Bakhtrians. Persian history never states that "Iranians" did this or that as Azeri Turks imaginary history assumes.
Replacing the term Persian with "Iranian" Azeri Turks are trying to include themselves in some imaginary history of Iran when Azeri Turks did not even live in Iran. The purpose of all this is to prove that there was no Persian Empire and it was an "Iranian Empire". And Azeri Turks are "Iranians" and are inheritors of history and traditions of "Iranian Empire" as Azeri Turk Shirin Ebadi claims. Shirin Ebadi the Nobel Peace Prize winner claims "I am an Iranian and a descedants of Cyrus the Great Iranian Empire.!!!!!
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