<![CDATA[Why the reference to "Persia or Persian"? Let's call it/you what you are! IRANIAN!!]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Shohreh Aghdashloo

mtracycrna — 10 years ago(July 22, 2015 06:27 AM)

Why the reference to "Persia or Persian"? Let's call it/you what you are! IRANIAN!!

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What exactly is your problem, aside from ignorance?

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I know, hence the distinction between Persian and Iranian. Persian in this day and age refers to an ethnicity, Iranian is a nationality. Thus, Shohreh is now American nationality, but still Persian ethnically too. She is both.
Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!

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Technically she's an American now.
can't outrun your own shadow

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Exactly! Not all Persians are Iranian (though that is the center of origin for the ethnicity), just like not all Iranians are Persian. A lot are, some aren't, and Shohreh just happens to be both. Though, technically, she's a Persian-American now (since she got her citizenship).
Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1006194https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1006194Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:31:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why the reference to "Persia or Persian"? Let's call it/you what you are! IRANIAN!! on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:31:47 GMT]]>will_am_i — 10 years ago(July 23, 2015 11:41 AM)

Iranian refers to a nation, Persian refers to an ethnicity. So she's both. Got it now?
Must dash. I forgot to feed my wombat.

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