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The article has been redirected t from the neutral article 'Persian people' to a political constructed article called 'Persian identity’. This article is unique because no other people are described in this fashion. The article has been redirected t from the neutral article 'Persian people' to a political constructed article called 'Persian identity’. This article is unique because no other people are described in this fashion.

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'''I purpose the deletation of this article'''

This 'article' is of little factual value, it as close as explicit propaganda as you can come. The Persians are alongside with the Medes one of Iran’s oldest ethnic groups of the Iranian plate, mentioned in Ancient Assyrian sources and by Ancient Greek historians like Herodotus. The CIA Factbook list Persians as Iran’s largest ethnic group (51%). Also there have existed several dynasties called the Persian Empire.

The attempt to rebrand Persians as a language 'identity' and in the process deleting the Persian people as a distinctive ethnic group from history and minds is revisionist, deceitful and fraudulent. Misplaced Pages is not a place for spreading propaganda. I therefore suggest this whole article be deleted and replaced with the original article 'Persian people'.

Revision as of 19:23, 1 April 2009

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Neutrality of this article disputed

Hello! I am afraid that this article has problems regarding 1)Neutral point of view 2)Bias 3)Balance 4)Reserarch


Persians are Iran’s single largest ethnic group, yet the article try to dismiss the Persian ethnicity as non-existent and replace is with a vague concept of 'Persian identity'. It is sanitized form of denying the existence of Persians as a distinctive ethnic group to further political motives; The Article is extremely biased and seems to be written with a political agenda which does not comply with Wikipedias standards.


The article further contains factually wrong statements that equals Persian people with 'Tajiks' who are of a different ethnicity but speak Persian accent (Dari). The 'sources’ are of political origin that accuse Persians of racism and chauvinism.

Every other demographical group in Iran is represented by a racial-definition except Persians. It is very easy to conform that Persians do exist as a distinct ethnic group, The CIA factbook lists Persians as the ethnic majority in Iran.

The article has been redirected t from the neutral article 'Persian people' to a political constructed article called 'Persian identity’. This article is unique because no other people are described in this fashion.

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I purpose the deletation of this article

This 'article' is of little factual value, it as close as explicit propaganda as you can come. The Persians are alongside with the Medes one of Iran’s oldest ethnic groups of the Iranian plate, mentioned in Ancient Assyrian sources and by Ancient Greek historians like Herodotus. The CIA Factbook list Persians as Iran’s largest ethnic group (51%). Also there have existed several dynasties called the Persian Empire.

The attempt to rebrand Persians as a language 'identity' and in the process deleting the Persian people as a distinctive ethnic group from history and minds is revisionist, deceitful and fraudulent. Misplaced Pages is not a place for spreading propaganda. I therefore suggest this whole article be deleted and replaced with the original article 'Persian people'.