Easy there cowboy!
First take a chill pill, no need for name calling and the winding up
Second, if you read my comment earlier you would notice my first exact words were " I am not an expert on Iran", and thus you are more than welcome to correct me, as long as it is in a good debating tone.
Third, I am aware of your first section regarding the persian empire, the ruling class was persian, true. And that the majority of modern day Iran speak farsi, true again. My point was about ethnicity vs supremacy. Meaning that
some persians claim they descend from a white Aryan lineage and hence feel it's ok to talk down on other ethnicities and religions in Iran and the near vicinity, especially regarding muslims, arabs and turks which they feel are inferior.
Do you follow me so far?
Regarding the definition of parsi/farsi, we seem to mean different things, I mean the original ethnicity you say people who speak farsi. So yes Iran is a majority farsi speaking country.
Regarding the ethnic set up of Iran, my claim was based on what I read and heard from different Iranian sources. It could be a wrong conclusion though, I am open to that possibility.
You claim a 64% persian majority, yet the CIA factbook for instance claim a set up that looks like this; Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen, and 2%, other 1%. But a common understanding is that no body knows for real how the set up is. And frankly who cares? (other than those supremacists like this guy
http://www.irandefence.net/showthread.php?t=62998.
People do in fact have a right to be proud of their past, and they should, but for me it stops when it is used as a tool to dehumanize or ridicule others.
I don't support neither religious or liberal Iranians or others for that sake when they are jerk offs. I only support good and honest people regardless of their religious or political view.
Iran pre- 1925 was a conservative society, liberalism and modernity you speak off was the result of the industrialization and westernization of the country following the take over by Reza Khan, or Reza Shah, and hence the miniskirt you speak of was not a part of Iranian society before that, rather it was conservative clothing including the hijab which you would often see women wear. So to speak of Iran as a country that always was liberal and modern until the revolution is factually wrong.
Please do not misunderstand me, I do not support crimes and injustice committed in Iran by this system, I do not have an intention of telling Iranians how they should live their lives, and I don't have anything against iranians/persians regardless of their religion.
I only ask those special few to be fair to the history and diversity of Iran instead of conveniently manipulating facts to support their political anti-muslim/arab agenda.
You are aware of the concept of freedom of speech, and I am sure that's one of the things you fight for right?
Just because one is Iranian doesn't mean he or she automatically knows more about iran than others? what kind of reasoning is that?
I have met plenty of Iranians that don't even speak their own language yet you expect them to know anything about iran.
This Palestinian living in Europe is married to an Iranian so expect me to know at least a little about my wife's background
But let's not argue anymore as I believe we agree on the majority of issues anyway