what's the difference between persians and arabs?

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supposedly there's a big difference among these groups. can a persian still be an arab? and vice versa?
 

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It's two different ethnic groups, even tho they might share similarities. Persians are from Persia or Iran and that area. Arabs are more like north Africa or the Arabian peninsula. I don't know much, I just googled it. Maybe someone from that culture can elaborate. It's like saying Jamaicans and Haitians or Mexicans and Colombians. Might seem similar but there are differences between the two. I think there could be a mixture of both but I don't know how often that. I know sunnI and shiite hate each other but I haven't been hearing much about Iraq politics lately. Sorry about the italics. Stupid phone got stuck on it.
 

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Arabs are people who are from the Arab Peninsula, which is currently Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and. United Arab Emirates. I say currently what with the situation in Yemen.

Persians are from what today is called Iran.
That did not answer the ?
 

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Aren't people from iran considered arab?

Persia was modern day iran.

I think all persians are arabs. But not all arabs are persians.
 

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You dumb nikkas can't even google properly. Persians are from Iran. They speak Parsi/Farsi which is an indo European language. They practised Zoroasterism or many did before Islam. That religion is like 3500 years old. They had a very old and advanced civilisation.

Arabs are from the peninsula are Semites speak Semitic language like Hebrew and Amharic practice Islam and were to a large extent nomadic in the deserts.
 

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I think all persians are arabs. But not all arabs are persians.

Persians originate mostly from Central Asia. Arabs originate from the Arab peninsula, as has been mentioned in this thread already.

They are two different ethnic groups.
 
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