Iranians are Turks
Iran is a multi-ethnic country.: Every country is associated with a major ethnicity. Germans with Germany. French with France. Swedes with Sweden.
An American is a European American.
A Pakistani is not a Pashtoon. A Pakistani is a sindi or punjabi. A Pashtoon says I am a pashtoon from Pakistan.
An Afghan is also a Bactrian whether Pashtoon or Dari speaking Bactrian. Dari speaking turks say they are tajiks from AFghanistan.
Also Russia has many ethnic groups. Those ethnic groups do not call themselves either as Russians. An Uzbek citizen of Russia says he is an Uzbek from Russia. He would not say "I am Russian".
A Kurd from Iran always says he is a Kurd from Iran. He does not say he is an Iranian. A Iranian is related to the major ethnic group in Iran. Similar to all other countries.
An Iranian is an Azeri Turk. Iranians are turks. The rest of Iran identify their ethnicity and say that "I am Persian or Balooch or Lur etc from Iran".
Persians and Hollywood
