Trumps attack on Iran - 2026 edition

How will the upcoming attack on Iran go.

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Vinty said:
Persian is the Greek name for Iran, a bit like the French name for Scotland , which is E'cosse , both are exonyms.
I doubt that Kurds, Azeri ect would refer to themselves as Persians.
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Do Iranians still call themselves Persians?

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Iran is the official name of the country, having replaced "Persia" in international usage in March 1935 when Reza Shah requested foreign delegates use the local name. While Iran is the modern state, "Persia" is still used to refer to the country's ancient history, culture, and the region's historical, larger empire
 
fillyboy said:
I don't dispute that, but how many describe themselves as Aryans. A separate issue but up until the 70's, residents of the West Bank would refer to themselves as Jordanians whilst residents of Gaza considered themselves Egyptian.
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What sort of passport did all these carpetbaggers from the world and its mate hold, when they flooded into Palestine post 1948.
 
Vinty said:
What sort of passport did all these carpetbaggers from the world and its mate hold, when they flooded into Palestine post 1948.
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Easy tiger, I'm not labelling them, I'm just saying how they described themselves, which has some logic behind it because West Bank was Jordan and Gaza was Egypt.
Post 1948 most inhabitants of the pre 1967 borders would have obtained an Israeli passport, all legal and above board like.
 
Highway Man said:
Do Iranians still call themselves Persians?

AI Overview

Iran is the official name of the country, having replaced "Persia" in international usage in March 1935 when Reza Shah requested foreign delegates use the local name. While Iran is the modern state, "Persia" is still used to refer to the country's ancient history, culture, and the region's historical, larger empire
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Persia is a Western term for Iran.
The ancient name was always Iran.
Foreigners referred to it as Persia but its people knew it as Iran, which means land of the Aryans.
 
fillyboy said:
Easy tiger, I'm not labelling them, I'm just saying how they described themselves, which has some logic behind it because West Bank was Jordan and Gaza was Egypt.
Post 1948 most inhabitants of the pre 1967 borders would have obtained an Israeli passport, all legal and above board like.
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Show a country or region called Israel before 1948.
 
fillyboy said:
My impression is that the majority of the Iranian diaspora, those who left, refer to themselves as Persians, I don't know what percentage of Iranians living in Iran refer to themselves as Persians.
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I have no idea either, simpler to simply refer to them as Iranians.
 
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