Iranians
Modern Persian populace
Iranians are people from Iran, the nation in southwestern Asia formerly known as Persia.
The term covers both citizens and those of Iranian descent living elsewhere.
Iranian can also function as an adjective: Iranian cuisine, Iranian cinema.
The broader Iranian peoples include related ethnic groups across Central Asia and the Caucasus who share linguistic and cultural heritage.
Iranian New Year festival
- FarsiIran's native tongue
- chadorFull-body outer cloak
- bazaarOpen-air merchant district
- rosewaterPetal-infused aromatic liquid
poetry · music · tar · daf · calligraphy · hospitality
Achaemenid Empire's grand capital
- CyrusPersian royal name
- DariusPersian royal name
- ZoroastrianismAncient dualistic Persian religion
- AvicennaMedieval Persian physician-philosopher
Grilled food on skewer
- saffronCrocus-derived golden spice
- riceStaple cereal grain
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- pomegranateMany-seeded red fruit
Nowruz
Iranian New Year festival
rosewater · poetry · music · tar · daf · calligraphy · hospitality
Persepolis
Achaemenid Empire's grand capital
- CyrusPersian royal name
- DariusPersian royal name
- ZoroastrianismAncient dualistic Persian religion
Avicenna · Rumi · Khayyam · Xerxes · calligraphy · miniature · Attar
kebab
Grilled food on skewer
Tehran
Iran's capital city
Rumi
divan · couplet · quatrain · mysticism · Sufi · verse · imagery · metaphor · lyricism · recitation
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- Middle Eastern PeoplesArabs, Persians, Kurds, Bedouins, Bedouin
- Indian OceanArabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Red Sea, Andaman Sea, Strait of Hormuz
- ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Irish, Greeks
- Indo-EuropeansCelts, Slavs, Indo-Aryan, Aryans, Greeks
- Caucasus PeoplesArmenians, Azerbaijanis, Chechens, Georgians, Pontic Greeks
- Iranian hostage crisisDiplomatic kidnapping in Tehran
- Iranian Revolution1979 regime change establishing theocracy
- Iranian cuisineDishes from Tehran's homeland