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Sir, The further you go back the more it gets complicated. Long before Zoroaster large parts of ancient Persia were ruled by Semitic kingdoms. Assyrians, Akkadians to name a few and even the Mannaeans and Elamites had strong Semitic influence in their culture and language. Semites themselves were a diverse group of people spoke Semitic languages. The nomadic Parthian tribes didn't just settle overnight, it took hundreds of years for them to completely assimilate the Semites into Iranian fold. Heck, for all we know the Achaemenids might have had Semitic (Sumerian or Akkadian) ancestors. This Semitic vs Iranian conflict of today had its origin rooted in the Islamic conquest of Persia and the forced Shi'ism during the Safavids not in the pre Zoroastrian era. In fact there is a real possibility that the proto-Iranian Mithra was influenced by the Semitic religions in its vicinity and vice versa.Persians (Zorastrian and pre Zoroastrian Mithraic) have always been extremely racist towards Semitic people (both Jews and Arabs) for thousands of years.
Not much has changed there racially.
Cheers, Doc
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