• I knew a girl in college (was pursuing a girl in college) who said she was Persian. When I was confused, she explained that her family came from Iran but, the political climate being what it was in the late 1980’s, she found it safer to say she was Persian.

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      3 days ago

      I think the difference here is Persian is ethnicity while iranian is nationality. Don’t know about safety but I knew Iranian and he said he was Kurd, mostly because he didn’t associate himself with Iran.