Community Profile

This community is for the discussion of all things relating to Persian and/or Iranian culture. Persians make up the largest ethnic group in Iran, but there are several other ethnicities in the country. Additionally, Persians can also be found in many of Iran's neighboring countries. For more information:

Wikipedia article on "Persian people"
Wikipedia article on "Iranian peoples"
Wikipedia article on "Demographics of Iran"

Keeping the diversity of the primary home of the Persians in mind, we welcome people from all ethnic groups, religions, and nationalities if they have an interest in Persian or Iranian culture. Our members are happy to answer questions and clarify concepts, translate text, make recommendations, etc.

Please be respectful and stay on topic. Please don't make posts that don't even loosely relate to Persian or Iranian culture. Also, if you make a post that is intentionally trying to anger people by being overtly discriminatory, it will be deleted and you will be given a warning. If you repeat that, you will be permanently banned. I hate to have to do this, but given the recent negative media attention Iran has been getting, we've seen a few outright offensive posts. We are all of different political persuasions and we have different ideas about current politics, but we expect that people will express their ideas respectfully.

Please send maryam a message if you would like to promote a community.

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