ya. see first we were Arians. the Arian tribe split into 2, one becoming Germans one becoming Persians.
Later when the Arabs and Alexander eventually ran thru the Persian Empire, they split it up into all the countries in the middle east now. Iraq, afghanastan etc. the ENTIRE middle east became Arab EXCEPT for what is now Iran. We are the last remaining PERSIANS. this is why we take such offense when people confuse us with Arabs, because of how hard we have fought to preserve the Persian culture within us. Also a reason the people appose the mostly Arab New Government.