What race are the Iranian/Persians from?

Question

I know quite a lot about this, but I want more info so I would be grateful if you answer in

I know for a fact that Iranian Persians are of Aryan stock, but who are these aryans, a central Asian tribe who went south? or are they mixed from the Indus people in Middle-south Asia? Iranians are not white but what connections do they have with Europe? and with the Indian Subcontinent? and what about the Middle East? and about the Mongoloids and Turks?

Or are we just a different bunch with a culture of our own who happen to be in the center of all these respected neighbours?

p.s. I am not Racist and I dont tolerate racism....

Answer 1

I agree with your theories...

Iran, which comes from the word Aryan, meaning noble, was the center of the silk route to China, in other words somewhat of a 'melting pot'.

Climatic conditions brought populations southward during cold periods. Commerce likely brought those from the Indian sub-continent westward.

So like the Nile Delta, or New York City, various factors contributed to the genetic blend of Iran, also including imperialism, as the Persian Empire expanded and contracted quite a bit over the past 4,000 years...

Finally, Iranese/Persians are basically a tanned version of Caucasoid!

Answer 2

The original Aryans (Indo Europeans) appear to have come from Turkey from about 10,000 years ago. With the inception of cereculture (grain farming) on a major scale they spread south and West as far as central India and Western China (Tocharian people) and into central Europe.

The same genetic people with a different language seem to expanded across Northern Africa at a similar time (Afro Asiatic), DNA tests show a lot of similarity between North Africa and Turkey on the Y chromosomes.

The Indus valley civilization matches the expansion dates for the Indo Europeans, and has their crops and even the odd swastika on the seals, so they appear to have been an Indo European people.

Each branch of the expansion mixed it with the people who were there before, so each branch is a bit different

Answer 3

The majority of modern Iranians actually descend from the Medes, who formed the bulk of the peoples of ancient Persia.  The Medes were originally from the Caucasus mountains, an ancient Persia was home to the Medes, the Aryans who made their way into India where they established themselves as the two dominant upper castes, Iran was home to the peoples of the various "stan" countries as well, with the exception of the "stan" countries that are home to east asian peoples.

The Aryans, like the Medes, were also from the Caucasus mountains in fact, part of the reason middle easterners are classified as "white," is because following linguistic trails, it all leads back to the Caucasus mountains.  As to why the peoples of Iran became a different culture that would have to be the country's geography, namely, the fact that Iran is a fortress.

Geographically speaking, western Iran in particular, is like a gigantic fortress.  The reason the only three generals in history to have conquered the country were Alexander the Great, Khalid Al-Walid (the "sword of God"), and Genghis Khan, each of them generals in a league of their own, has to do with the fact that the country is an impregnable fortress, and attacking it head on is a suicide mission.  Part of the reason the peoples the ancient Persian empire oppressed were unable to retaliate, and punish them for their invasions, has to do with the fact that a land invasion of Iran is indeed a fool's errand.  You do not attack Iran, for the same reason you do not attack Switzerland.

Nevertheless, the country was an important waypoint in the silk route, of vital importance to the Chinese of olden dynasties.  It is part of the reason Genghis Khan wanted the country for himself.  With Alexander the Great, it was a revenge issue "we will punish the Persians for having invaded Greece!" as well as ambition, his plan, was to conquer the whole of the middle east, or at least the parts that were valuable, and the whole of Europe.  Had Alexander succeeded, the world as we know it would be very different; we are talking a Europe that may have never fallen to the dark ages, with Greek philosophy and science being taught to other peoples of Europe, and progressing at a much faster pace, with the, ah, "renaissance" having occured, only two centuries after Alexander's death.  We are talking, possibly, technological advancement where people would have enjoyed what we enjoy in the year 1,000 A.D., and possibly even, the stamping out of Islam before it was even born.

So in other words, even though he is mentioned in the Koran, Alexander the Great would have been very bad for Islam.  Yup; VERY bad.  The Arabian peninsula would have been a primitive backwater were people still used swords and horses, faced up against an Alexandrian empire, with tanks and gun powder weapons.  Trust me on this, if you are a Muslim, be glad Alexander was murdered by Ptolemy.  There is no proof but come on now we all know it was him.

Getting off the tangent; Iran is geographically isolated, that is the reason it developed its own culture.

peace.

Answer 4

Caucasians like Arabs.

Answer 5

Google Wikipedia Library

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Iran Persia Ancient Archaeogenetics Population Genetics

Indoeuropean Migrations etc.

Answer 6

I'm no Anthropologist, but I think Persians are basically "white", just the same as Arabs are often White. I think some of the Iranians were originally from Central Asia and others maybe from the Middle East. There were a lot of trade routes in that area in ancient times and up into modern times so many different groups probably came together. Persia has a long, long history and people from that background should be proud of their heritage.