I went to visit Iran like ten years ago, I travelled many places there, since that trip I became a fierce defender of Iranians, they are marvellous people. My best wishes to iranians from México
beeing guest and actually staying is something different. iranians are proud of their identity. like to call themselves persians or aryans. it's a more nationalist mindset there.
I was there last February and the people are so kind in Iran I never experienced this kindness in other places, and I travel a lot. The people are nice, the food and their culture. The people are not their government, they are just human like us. If I have the chance again I will go again to Iran!
You are so right. The fact that you have written your message in all capitals shows how accurate and intelligent your views are. You deserve to be the dean of sophiology at the most prestigious university in the world. Where can I buy your latest book?
As a Mexican in Los Angeles, I appreciate all Iranian people’ contribution to this state. In my experience, they are hard-working people who also happen to be very beautiful 😁# Ziba
And as an Iranian-American , I appreciate all my Mexican brothers and sisters for their integrity and incredible resilience . Most hard working and driven people #fuerte
Growing up in Los Angeles, one of my on going memories of Iranians/Persians in the garment district in Santee Alley was how much they chain smoked AND how friendly they are. The statement, "my friend," was constantly said to us Mexicans who went shopping there. "Hello, my friend! What can I get you, my friend!"
mexchewy ya,because of this reason they r bothered. as an Iranian German,I never allow some1 to insult Iran. Iran means the land of aryans.so germany & Iran r from one race.I am also member of Nazies.
Ugh, I was one of those chain smoking idiots. Wasted 8 years of my life there. Interesting experience but I should have quit it sooner...I mean the garment district and smoking too.
Because Iranians are massively successful immigrants. Maybe the most. Persian culture is one of the high cultures and Iranians have managed to be successful in all areas from Science, tech, sports and arts. Also a lot of these Iranians are Jews in LA...
MrThemorningsun I don't think he's saying Jews are Iranian. He's saying many Iranians in LA are of Jewish faith, that being one of the reasons they left Iran to begin with.
Whatever you do it will happen to you same like afghans it is a swear to call you afghan in Iran 🇮🇷 and you would be embarrassed 😩 if someone call you afghan in Iran because people of Iran beat you up if they knew you are from Afghanistan 🇦🇫. Thanks 🙏 God the same thing happened to this bastard motherfuckers.
hossin maddoh only idiots hate eachother. Not all Iranians hate Afghanis, only the sadistic ones who even hate eachother. We know that Afghan people are our brothers and sisters. Always. Don't let the hate from some people ruin the reality of love. Blessings and greetings to you my brother :) x
Iranians tend to be very friendly, in my experience. I respect and enjoy their culture. As an African American, I've only had positive experiences with Persians.
mplsridah im afghan. I went black but black men arent serious with me. I want to be in a serious relationship. But the black man doesnt want to. What should i do?
I grew up in a heavily Iranian area, and I learned to speak some Persian because my neighbors growing up were Iranian and seeing all these foods reminds me of home.
im an arab, and despite the problem Iran and the gulf state has, I still love all the Iranians and have so much respect for them. I met a lot of iranians, and they were all lovely people, i will never hate someone because their government wants me to -from kuwait
Thanks for raising awareness on this topic. As a student from Iran living in the States, I can tell you my experience in a Christian boarding school in the South East Kentucky was very similar to what you mentioned here. People did pointed fingers and cussed at me but thankfully no beating!
My daughters father is from Iran. He was in the Iranian military and was trained here in the USA. He went back to Iran and knew he had a daughter here but never contacted me about her. I forgave him because he is the one that missed out on a beautiful woman that she is today and has 4 son's which means he is also missing out on 4 absolutely amazing grandson's. I wish I could tell him about them but I don't know if he is even alive, just that he was from a small village near Shiraz. He would be about 64 now. I hope he is happy.
Iranian Military man? When did he return to Iran? If it is on early 80s, it was not a good time for a US Trained soldier. I am afraid, he did not survive the revolution. If he did, at least he would have tried to contact you and your daughter.
This was fantastic! Great job:) Thanks for educating me! I just met an Iranian man today - we both signed up for French lessons here in Montreal, Quebec; where there are many Iranian as well. I have meet a few Iranians around town:) Great people, very welcoming:)
I can only speak from personal experience. I was a young woman in London & met many Iranian families who'd fled from Iran after the Shah had been deposed. They were gentle, kind, intelligent & well educated people. The professional classes. They were devastated at what they thought was a massive backward step in their country & wept for their beautiful country. They had lost so much, yet they remained optimistic. I know most either stayed in London or moved to the US. Certainly far, far nicer than the violent thugs invading Europe.
I love Iranians, I am from Tijuana and I learn about persian culture here in Georgia, USA, I am learning Farsi and planning my very first trip to Iran 🇮🇷 I need advices please!! Dooset daram!! Persians are the most warm people and very funny 😄
I'm from Saudi Arabia and I always ask myself why there is this conflict in the Middle East? What if the 1979 revolution did not happen what would it be? Why can't Saudi be liberal and open? Do you guys think Persians and Arabs (governments) will get along? Iran is rich in gas, oil, culture, tradition, music, food, education, nature, etc.... I just, wish we can get along and live beside each other in peace..
Why Saudi Arabia is killing Yemeni people? 8 years killing like drinking water actually you are the problem in Middle East and Zionism regime, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM
As an Iranian who lives in Canada I can relate. I travelled to Canada about two years ago, I was being told many many bad things in college. For example I’ve been called bomber, go back to your country and many worse things. I made some good friends but they still call me really bad things sometimes and it’s for jokes only and they always apologize but I still feel really really uncomfortable. WE ARE PEOPLE NOT THE GOVERNMENT.
Wow, I'm so sorry that happened to you. I'm American (California) and I began talking to an Iranian guy a while back, and I fell in love! We've been together now for 2-years and I thank God for the fact that we looked past where we were from and looked at each other instead.
@@doubledoc7807hello may I ask is there an problem if a person has lived in Iran for 7 years and now wish to live in US. Are there any visa problems??
@@pepper2240 I was uncertain that I could answer this question truthfully until today, monday, after I spoke to our integration lawyer.. I'm sad to say that there are many "new" or renewed restrictions on Iranian nationals and citizens wishing to enter the USA - legally. However, if you claim asylum citizenship from Iran, you will be granted immediate citizenship. (I know the irony in that, but that is how the US statute is written, according to my immigration lawyer.) Best of luck, truly.)
I had a coworker from 1979 to the early 1980s who was Iranian who called himself "Persian". I understood why. I was an adult during the entire hostage situation and remember it well, particularly when the hostages were finally released and came back to the USA.
As a Malaysian who speaks farsi even though I am north Indian by ethnicity visiting my boyfriend in Iran was an amazing experience. Even tho the government is f*cked, people are the nicest. Yani Irania yedune bashan!
Michael Carranza while legislation in some countries may be anti gay, that does not mean everyone in that culture or that culture itself is necessarily anti gay. I am referring to all cultures when I say that
Nope, it's both, islamic government, and islamic cultures who are against gays. gays are killed by the government, and in small rural muslim villages, they stone them.
My father was a High School teacher in 1979. One girl student whose nickname was nicknamed " Goalie " whose father was an IIAF officer doing training at McDill AFB ended up in the principal's office sobbing because some girls said some unkind things to her. She asked my dad if when he and my mother came from Cuba did people think they were Communists? The answer of course is no. He told her if anyone asks you where you are from tell them Morocco. Her father told mine how only two yrs ago people thought he was a millionaire because he was Iranian , now they think he was a terrorist. ,
Someone who was advising Khomeini must have told him attack American on American soil and they go pigwild. I remember during the hostage crisis the constant moaning of when Carter was going to take military action? and when Saddam finally sent in the Iraqi army people all over America were cheering , even college students formed Saddam Hussein fan clubs, nobody ever bothered to tell them Iraq was a Soviet client state like Cuba. I also remember my grandmother watching it all and sighing it was all like after the attack on Pear Harbor in 1941. 40 yrs have shown President Carter was right to pursue a diplomatic solution.
As a Persian American who has lived in the middle of Persian Square (a few steps from where the video was filmed) my whole life, I call myself "Persian" because I associate "Iranian" with post-revolution Iran. The culture has changed since the revolution. The culture I grew up with and relate to is Persian culture, not the "Iranian culture" of post-revolution Iran. So I'm Persian, not Iranian. But that's just me.
So, the US installed a dictator and didn't extradite him ........ What did they expect from the Iranian people , what did they think , that the Iranian people will turn around and say " oh , you made a small mistake everything is forgiven" ........
The us didn’t install the shah(king)Iran already had a monarchy that had been around for centuries but the us began influencing the shah and Iranian politics.
@@thedude5294 You had more freedom. And that is what matters. And you do have foreign soldiers on your soil now. You have Hezbollah and Iraqi militias suppressing dissent right now as we speak.
I m lookng for my Iranian friend David. He was born in 1964 and he came from Tehran. In 1989 he was living in Vienna in Austria. In autumn 1989 he went to USA. I would like to find him.
Unfortnately I don t have any photo. I don t remember also his second name. He was azylum seeker. I met him in Vienna in Austria n 1989. Then in autumn 1989 he went to USA. I lost contact with him.
I am mexican and I appreciate the Persian influence in California 😍 I had a friend in high school who was half Mexican and Persian. She was gorgeous! What a unique mixture of cultures 🇮🇷🇲🇽♥️
As an arab I really love Iranians, they have a rich culture and to this day they are still unique. I don’t agree with their government nor the arab governments, but still they’re very interesting as people and culture. I hope to visit Iran someday.
Being Mexican American I can feel what you mean with the sentiment that Part of America has towards its “outsiders” . And it hurts . I’m sorry for this but I must say it makes the Raza/ gente/ people stronger !
Iranians are very warm-hearted, friendly, helpful people ... To most people, it would be illogical to mix politics & Iranians perso nality/character ...
As Pakistanis we grow up Patronizing Persian Culture and Farsi. But we always refer to Iran as Persia. Iran after Islamic Revolution has been very different and distant towards us. Lots of Love From Pakistan.
Great video! Here in Denmark me and most of my friends usually also go by persians, but without any specific reason.. Anyways keep up the good work, & much love! :)
@@Bountylicious shut up. They are shia rafidahs , plus look at them , they have no respect for the Deen . I know because I met them , they have no respect for Islam .
As a Romanian from the LA area (ok Orange County but I hate OC and wanna move to LA), I have a lot of Iranian friends and they are honestly a lot like us, they have a similar culture of being friendly and inviting and whenever I go to an Iranian restaurant or hookah lounge I feel just at home.
I am Vietnamese and I LOVE Iranian people!!! Very beautiful culture, food and people. I am Vietnam IRAN + VIETNAM = TWO VERY ANCIENT PEOPLES AND CULTURES!! ;-)
Thank you, all friends of Vietnam. I was in Moldavia last year. Very nice experience. Please help us fight against the chinese Nazis who want to steal our land. Thank you.
TRavellers visiting Iran nowadays say the same : such generous, kind people .Especially since they're on the US list of countries to be bludgioned into subservience by the Dollar economies of the west.
Persian is a race. Some Iranians are azari, lurr, kurd, and Arab. But the majority of Iranians in Iran are Persian. Countries that end with -istan can also refer to themselves as Persians because there were all under the ancient Persia
Iranians produced the most greathearted, genius, gentle, manful with profound morality and manners.....My hats off to beloved Ahmedinejad ......Never ever the world will see a leader like him, I very much enjoyed all his interviews with the western media’s...... He responded all questions quick with the perfect answer it was like firing bullets to the heart of the bias & puppet journalists , he crushed the heart of the questioner and never got offended at all......I pray that one day u unite the entire Muslim nations who lost each other...... And I prayed u read books written by Leopald Weiss ( aka Mohamed Asad)....... I , too learned lot through his books....... My prayer to you all
So many immigrate and make their home in Los Angeles. Torrance, my hometown, was home to the second highest population of Japanese outside of Japan. Second to Hawaii only. Growing up, my best friends was a family that immigrated from Samoa. Our favorite place to eat is this Korean BBQ place in Torrance that we grew up with. My schools were always diverse. Myself, I'm half Mexican half French. I remember when my family took a family trip to the East Coast. My mom was forced into an existential crisis when we couldn't find a single grocery store that sold tortillas in Pennsylvania. LA is the true melting pot of the US. More so than NY.
I'm half Iranian and half peruvian, so I love the Iranian culture and the System of gobernment of Iran, i think that the iranians descendant in Latin America have other perspective of the Iranian-Americans¡¡¡
I used to live in LA and I love Iranians! Mashti Malone's ice cream and faloodeh is the best! I used to go there twice a week and I've never had better ice cream in my life!
I am Vietnamese and I LOVE Iranian people!!! Very beautiful culture, food and people. I am Vietnam IRAN + VIETNAM = TWO VERY ANCIENT PEOPLES AND CULTURES!! ;-)
Judy there are Iranian communities, stores and restaurants also in Germany. I don't know where in Germany you live, but you have large Iranian communities in Hamburg and Berlin, and some other cities as well. You could maybe find your favorite Persian food there as well, Hamburg, Berlin or elsewhere. Search for it and you will see!
Roobi, my dear Persian brother. Thank you for your interest in Vietnamese culture. We are one of the oldest people in the world, like that of your beautiful Persian people. And like you, we are very independent-minded people who have to constantly struggle to maintain our freedom and independence. Others have tried to occupy our land and destroy our identity but they have all failed because our Viet culture is much stronger, older and more human than chinese or Western ones. No matter how much bigger and mightier our enemies may be, we Viets will always prevail against them. I hope that help, my Persian brother. I wish to enjoy a delicious lamb Polo dish with you along with a refreshing glass of dooug. Shalaam. :-D
Iranians and Viets get along perfectly because we come from very ancient lands inhabited by very kind peoples with rich history. I wish Iran will be free from Islamic dictatorship and Vietnam to be free from communist dictatorship. And we must unite against china and their ambitious greed to rule the world. Thank you, Persian brothers and sisters. -- Much love and respect from Vietnam.
I belong to all the world - almost. I love Iran; my father's ancestors from there and he speaks Farsi fluently. He was born in Kuwait so he has a Kuwaiti citizenship so do I. My mother is Egyptian. Her sister, my aunt, married to Ethiopian. After the Kuwait Iraq war, I moved to the US and married a white bread, American boy. Now I am divorced and dating a Canadian Chinese boy lol I love all my peeps. I am related to all the Arabs, Iranians, Asians, Egyptians, Americans, and Africans. I feel at home when I run into anyone from those areas of the world and my heart just smiles big
Kuwait doesn't give anyone citizenship doesn't matter how long or for how many generations you have been there unless you ( a female) marries a Kuwaiti citizen who is mostly only indigenous residents.
lol I know I'm late but anyway My family and I are moving abroad and I'm literally so scared, I'm from Iran, and I'm Muslim( and English is not my mother tongue), I feel like people will judge me (I'm proud of my county and identity but since some people call Iranians and Muslims "terrorists" I'm kinda scared) but these comments really helped me, TH-cam has the best comment sections ever :)
I love Mashti Malone's. A typical weekend trip to Los Angeles for us might include a meal at Awash Ethiopian cuisine then a stop at Mashti Malone's on the way back to the 101. Growing up in the Los Angeles area, with so many Persian/Iranian friends, there didn't seem to be anything "other" about them. Great video in pointing out the discrimination my friends' families faced and I wasn't even aware of.
There won't be any Iranians or any other ethnicity in America had the US not pursued such an aggressive and belligerent foreign policy towards other countries. The best example I can give is that of Scandinavian countries. They never adopted any expansionist, Imperial and colonial racist, nationalist foreign policy like Britain, France and Spain- whose children are the Americans- and look how peaceful their relationship with the Middle East is.
In proportion, America has taken in more Muslim immigrants than any of your saintly Scandinavian countries who are banning Halal slaughter, head coverings, circumcisions, minarets in order to drive out and discourage Muslim immigrants from settling in these blonde haired and blue eyed paradises. So what's up with that genius?
Lol, Scandinavian xenophobia and racism is *far* worse than anything you'll encounter in the US, UK, France or Spain (not that any of these nations are saintly). Go read up Jante Law.
Iranians don't hate afghans. It's just the antipathy towards the refugees from Afghanistan who are criminal. In fact Iranians and Afghans are brothers. At least the persian speaking majority.
Steven Lee Not the same at. Mexicans are more diverse genetically with different ancestral roots. Where as Central Americans are mainly of Native American decent and culture.
There are so many Iranians in LA because that is where they went after the Shah was disposed. Mostly all are Jewish and very polite. They for the most part are respected and have been a positive addition to the area in LA that they chose to live. They have some outstanding restaurants and some of the best tea that you will ever have...that ice cream store they show has some the best on the west coast...
My family was from the Balkans. They were looked down too. My mother use to complain about the Mayflower neighbors. Be proud of your heritage, if your kind to your neighbor mostly they will be your friend.
They are very lovely people with a great culture. One of my goals this year is to try the Iranian ice cream. I love you, my Iranian brothers and sisters!
chris bean True that I m a happily married guy but if I weren t I would definitely have married an Iranian woman . Unfortunately they are not many of them in France .
I love all the Iranians people, they are very friendly and hard workers, all they want is peace, and better future. As a Mexican emigrant I have a lot of connections with them. Love and peace ✌️ Iranians brothers and sisters.
Good evening I am a tourist guide from Morocco. I never visited Iran but i highly respect Iranians . I met four English tourists and a Frensh couple they visited iran recently . They said all western media propaganda against Iran is just nonesense . Iran has a glorious historical heritage and Iranians are a marvellous nation . And salamo 3alaikom
I don't like when certain nationalities segregate and isolate themselves to a certain district. This starts the problems. They must be mixed within society for it truly to work or there will always be that barrier.. This is why on the east coast we don't have many racial problems because everyone is mixed, unless you head down south of course and that isn't that bad either and getting better. California needs to think ahead instead of just now.
Thank you for the good video, it's nice to see the other side of the story. I live in Iran and i never though that people who went to the U.S felt this way.
Persian is the main ethnic group of Iran..... any iranian calling himself Persian is just stating his ethnic group not hard to understand... we have also other ethnic groups like azeris,kurds,armenians and so on..... when a iranian says he is Persian in America than he is a ethnic Persian from Iran, you have also Iranians who are ethnic armenians in L:A , they wont call themselves persian but Iranian-Armenian.
NewsOracle That depends on how you define your terms. A similar example is 'American'. When someone from the US says they're American, are they denying that, say a Colombian is (from the) American (continent)? We have Persian Persians as well as Persians in the general sense, as in coming from the geographical boundaries of what used to be the ancient Persia. It's just word games ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Iran That is not true, Persian in English does not refer to the "Fars" ethnicity, the issue is Iran was called Persia by westerners until 1935 and since a lot of Iranians don't know this cause they never in the history called Iran "Persia" they confuse the term Persia with being of Fars ethnicity, unfortunately all of Iran's cultural aspects are cited as "Persian" in the west and most people are not aware that Persia is a synonym for Iran
forever0042000 I care about ethnicity and mostly when I ask people I mean their ethnicity not the country they from - example, I know yuh are from U.S or LA but I would want to know your ethnicity Non Iranian Iranian could say, I’m Armenian from Iran . Same thing with Iranian that not originally from Iran could say I’m Iranian from Pamir. the meaning or understanding of the world “Iranian” is far beyond of just country , border , passport, citizenship.
I was nine years old when the Islamic Revolution took place in Iran. After 9/11, I’ve wondered why we have not normalized relations with the Iranian government and the people. They are not our enemy. I hope one day in the near future, we can open up travel between our two nations. I would love to go visit Iran and see all the wonderful people and places that have there.
There are also many Armenians in LA. We are like brothers and sisters! Many Iranians actually came to armenia and they are now living in Yerevan. They’re so sweet. Lovely people.
, thank you for sharing this video. I'm an American female that lived in Iran for 10 years after the revolution during the Iran Iraq War and American hostage crisis yes I was there with my children. My oldest daughter is now on the board of directors for the house of Iran in Balboa Park I speak Farsi I teach it to my grandson. I would love to move to Tehranangles.
William Hill oh,I'm from germany,I wish I was there to talk with you.it is too bad,I am sad.oooops.Good Luck my friend,If u have any question just call me,I'll be ready.
William Hill Whatever you do it will happen to you same like afghans it is a swear to call you afghan in Iran 🇮🇷 and you would be embarrassed 😩 if someone call you afghan in Iran because people of Iran beat you up if they knew you are from Afghanistan 🇦🇫. Thanks 🙏 God the same thing happened to this bastard motherfuckers.
The Jews say that they are the only people who consider Cyrus the Great as the "savior" and "liberator" of their people. But the same people throughout history have never come to the aid of the Iranians ... Now is the time for the Jews to be the savior and liberators of the Iranians
I know a few Iranians. They are wonderful people. All that I know of are doctors, pharmacists, engineers, they own their own homes and oh yes a fabulous hotel, with fine dining. Their food is truly amazing! All the best to the Iranians living in the US and Iran itself. I wish Israel and the US would stop badgering Iran. Always meddling in other countries affairs.
Really why would you or anyone have any fear for saying your nationality? I was in 9th grade during the hostage crisis, and in my high school at first few people disrespected my nationality, but after I confronted them with a closed-fist, there were never any trouble again, you be surprised how all people respect guts and disrespect cowardliness & weakness....
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I went to visit Iran like ten years ago, I travelled many places there, since that trip I became a fierce defender of Iranians, they are marvellous people.
My best wishes to iranians from México
You should have stayed there.
All the best wishes ur welcome anytime dude 😊😉
beeing guest and actually staying is something different. iranians are proud of their identity. like to call themselves persians or aryans. it's a more nationalist mindset there.
I was there last February and the people are so kind in Iran I never experienced this kindness in other places, and I travel a lot. The people are nice, the food and their culture. The people are not their government, they are just human like us. If I have the chance again I will go again to Iran!
Manlio Martínez Barona oh so when you went there did you see them Stone gay people to death and did you see anti-semitic signs everywhere yes you did
Iran would've been a better place if the Americans/British didn't meddle with their politics and oil reserves.
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True. In 1953 they could have had a democratically elected government until the British interfered and put in the Puppet Shah.
Latin America too.
the all sign treaties we are not there because we want they could have gone to the other 15 muslims country
Iran would be a better place WITHOUT ORGANIZED RELIGION
No one cares about your opinion. What happens in Iran is none of your business.
People should not be judged by their government’s actions.
Not always.
You are so right. The fact that you have written your message in all capitals shows how accurate and intelligent your views are. You deserve to be the dean of sophiology at the most prestigious university in the world.
Where can I buy your latest book?
@@alisedighi7833 dont waste your time on those who accept their ignorance as their only.truth
Exactly!
Real History India no America meddled with Iranian elections and caused the mess in Iran soo
As a Mexican in Los Angeles, I appreciate all Iranian people’ contribution to this state. In my experience, they are hard-working people who also happen to be very beautiful 😁# Ziba
And as an Iranian-American , I appreciate all my Mexican brothers and sisters for their integrity and incredible resilience . Most hard working and driven people #fuerte
@@nimaassadi1444 Most hard working and driven? above others? ummm debatable.
@@nimaassadi1444ok 2 faced Persian
@@nimaassadi1444is your dad a lawyer or doctor? Which does he defraud? Or does he maybe own a subway chain.
Growing up in Los Angeles, one of my on going memories of Iranians/Persians in the garment district in Santee Alley was how much they chain smoked AND how friendly they are. The statement, "my friend," was constantly said to us Mexicans who went shopping there. "Hello, my friend! What can I get you, my friend!"
mexchewy ya,because of this reason they r bothered.
as an Iranian German,I never allow some1 to insult Iran.
Iran means the land of aryans.so germany & Iran r from one race.I am also member of Nazies.
Ugh, I was one of those chain smoking idiots. Wasted 8 years of my life there. Interesting experience but I should have quit it sooner...I mean the garment district and smoking too.
I am Vietnamese and I LOVE Iranian people!!! Very beautiful culture, food and people.
IRAN + VIETNAM = TWO VERY ANCIENT PEOPLES AND CULTURES!! ;-)
How old are you?
Vietnam are underachievers and don't even do anything with Chinese culture they adopted lol
@@Mitchery Old enough to be your master, boy!!!
@@ToiYeuYAHWEH It is a good one
I’m Iranian and Vietnamese culture is so fascinating and cool. I had a friend who taught me to speak a little of the language
Because Iranians are massively successful immigrants. Maybe the most. Persian culture is one of the high cultures and Iranians have managed to be successful in all areas from Science, tech, sports and arts. Also a lot of these Iranians are Jews in LA...
Ciaron Smith Japanese immigrants are by far the most successful immigrants to the US.
MrThemorningsun I don't think he's saying Jews are Iranian. He's saying many Iranians in LA are of Jewish faith, that being one of the reasons they left Iran to begin with.
@MrThemorningsun lmao are you Israelian jew?
@@betrousaltaweel there isn't even that many Japanese people in the USA why are you lying lmao
美しい死yas there are well over a million Japanese Americans and they have been in the US since the 1800s
as Saudi, I have much respect for Iranian people
Whatever you do it will happen to you same like afghans it is a swear to call you afghan in Iran 🇮🇷 and you would be embarrassed 😩 if someone call you afghan in Iran because people of Iran beat you up if they knew you are from Afghanistan 🇦🇫. Thanks 🙏 God the same thing happened to this bastard motherfuckers.
Thank you my Saudi friend for the kind comment. May our past histories and present politics never taint the respect and humanitarianism for eachother.
Mesopotamian Kurd real Kurds would never say that to their brothers and sisters
hossin maddoh only idiots hate eachother. Not all Iranians hate Afghanis, only the sadistic ones who even hate eachother. We know that Afghan people are our brothers and sisters. Always. Don't let the hate from some people ruin the reality of love. Blessings and greetings to you my brother :) x
No we don’t love Iranian 😷
Iranians tend to be very friendly, in my experience. I respect and enjoy their culture. As an African American, I've only had positive experiences with Persians.
Anton Takashima yes theyre nice people. Im afghan btw.
African Americans beg to be accepted.
mplsridah thank you
mplsridah im afghan. I went black but black men arent serious with me. I want to be in a serious relationship. But the black man doesnt want to. What should i do?
mplsridah not by u 😂🤣😅
I grew up in a heavily Iranian area, and I learned to speak some Persian because my neighbors growing up were Iranian and seeing all these foods reminds me of home.
I've felt the same, I was born in Iraq and moved to the us when I was 6. I lived there for 10 years, but I'm as American as it gets.
im an arab, and despite the problem Iran and the gulf state has, I still love all the Iranians and have so much respect for them. I met a lot of iranians, and they were all lovely people, i will never hate someone because their government wants me to -from kuwait
Kuwaitis are the coolest arabs ! Plus I love how kuwaitis government work
Thank you!! 美しい死yas
Most Arabs hate gulf states anyways. Us non gulf Arabs like Iran more
Then say persian gulf
Persian gulf
Thanks for raising awareness on this topic. As a student from Iran living in the States, I can tell you my experience in a Christian boarding school in the South East Kentucky was very similar to what you mentioned here. People did pointed fingers and cussed at me but thankfully no beating!
My daughters father is from Iran. He was in the Iranian military and was trained here in the USA. He went back to Iran and knew he had a daughter here but never contacted me about her. I forgave him because he is the one that missed out on a beautiful woman that she is today and has 4 son's which means he is also missing out on 4 absolutely amazing grandson's. I wish I could tell him about them but I don't know if he is even alive, just that he was from a small village near Shiraz. He would be about 64 now. I hope he is happy.
Iranian Military man? When did he return to Iran? If it is on early 80s, it was not a good time for a US Trained soldier. I am afraid, he did not survive the revolution. If he did, at least he would have tried to contact you and your daughter.
What was his name, probably he died by the government or war
This was fantastic! Great job:) Thanks for educating me! I just met an Iranian man today - we both signed up for French lessons here in Montreal, Quebec; where there are many Iranian as well. I have meet a few Iranians around town:) Great people, very welcoming:)
I can only speak from personal experience. I was a young woman in London & met many Iranian families who'd fled from Iran after the Shah had been deposed. They were gentle, kind, intelligent & well educated people. The professional classes. They were devastated at what they thought was a massive backward step in their country & wept for their beautiful country. They had lost so much, yet they remained optimistic. I know most either stayed in London or moved to the US. Certainly far, far nicer than the violent thugs invading Europe.
I love Iranians, I am from Tijuana and I learn about persian culture here in Georgia, USA, I am learning Farsi and planning my very first trip to Iran 🇮🇷 I need advices please!! Dooset daram!! Persians are the most warm people and very funny 😄
That’s so odd lol did you go?
I'm from Saudi Arabia and I always ask myself why there is this conflict in the Middle East? What if the 1979 revolution did not happen what would it be? Why can't Saudi be liberal and open? Do you guys think Persians and Arabs (governments) will get along? Iran is rich in gas, oil, culture, tradition, music, food, education, nature, etc.... I just, wish we can get along and live beside each other in peace..
Shitty governments are the reason.
As an Iranian, I salute you my friend! We need more people like you in Saudi Arabia and the middle east!
Why Saudi Arabia is killing Yemeni people? 8 years killing like drinking water actually you are the problem in Middle East and Zionism regime, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM
And now Saudi Arabia are liberal
I’m a quarter Persian and proud of it! Would love to visit Iran one day and see where my Grandpa grew up.
As an Iranian who lives in Canada I can relate. I travelled to Canada about two years ago, I was being told many many bad things in college. For example I’ve been called bomber, go back to your country and many worse things. I made some good friends but they still call me really bad things sometimes and it’s for jokes only and they always apologize but I still feel really really uncomfortable. WE ARE PEOPLE NOT THE GOVERNMENT.
Wow, I'm so sorry that happened to you. I'm American (California) and I began talking to an Iranian guy a while back, and I fell in love! We've been together now for 2-years and I thank God for the fact that we looked past where we were from and looked at each other instead.
@@doubledoc7807hello may I ask is there an problem if a person has lived in Iran for 7 years and now wish to live in US. Are there any visa problems??
@@pepper2240 I was uncertain that I could answer this question truthfully until today, monday, after I spoke to our integration lawyer.. I'm sad to say that there are many "new" or renewed restrictions on Iranian nationals and citizens wishing to enter the USA - legally. However, if you claim asylum citizenship from Iran, you will be granted immediate citizenship. (I know the irony in that, but that is how the US statute is written, according to my immigration lawyer.) Best of luck, truly.)
I am a Canadian and please most Canadians don't think that way they know it is the Govt my Iranian friends are great
I had a coworker from 1979 to the early 1980s who was Iranian who called himself "Persian". I understood why. I was an adult during the entire hostage situation and remember it well, particularly when the hostages were finally released and came back to the USA.
thanks for this, all my support to Iranian-Americans. love from Spain
Happy Nowruz everybody!
As a Malaysian who speaks farsi even though I am north Indian by ethnicity visiting my boyfriend in Iran was an amazing experience. Even tho the government is f*cked, people are the nicest. Yani Irania yedune bashan!
thanks for your nice comment about us! :D❤
@@basirj8578 no Khomeini ruined the peace in the middle east. He started proxy wars in the middle east which have ruined countries.
I don't understand how someone can be so hateful towards a culture. I find it hard to hate any culture because of the food, music, and art.
Yes, you see that in muslim countries against gays.
Michael Carranza while legislation in some countries may be anti gay, that does not mean everyone in that culture or that culture itself is necessarily anti gay. I am referring to all cultures when I say that
Nope, it's both, islamic government, and islamic cultures who are against gays.
gays are killed by the government, and in small rural muslim villages, they stone them.
Michael Carranza Europe and the US used to be homophobic too a few decades ago, so what? Things do not change overnight.
@@josecarranza7555 and christians, and minorities, and the rich.
My father was a High School teacher in 1979. One girl student whose nickname was nicknamed " Goalie " whose father was an IIAF officer doing training at McDill AFB ended up in the principal's office sobbing because some girls said some unkind things to her. She asked my dad if when he and my mother came from Cuba did people think they were Communists? The answer of course is no. He told her if anyone asks you where you are from tell them Morocco. Her father told mine how only two yrs ago people thought he was a millionaire because he was Iranian , now they think he was a terrorist. ,
James Varela ya,they r brainwashed
Someone who was advising Khomeini must have told him attack American on American soil and they go pigwild. I remember during the hostage crisis the constant moaning of when Carter was going to take military action? and when Saddam finally sent in the Iraqi army people all over America were cheering , even college students formed Saddam Hussein fan clubs, nobody ever bothered to tell them Iraq was a Soviet client state like Cuba. I also remember my grandmother watching it all and sighing it was all like after the attack on Pear Harbor in 1941. 40 yrs have shown President Carter was right to pursue a diplomatic solution.
As a Persian American who has lived in the middle of Persian Square (a few steps from where the video was filmed) my whole life, I call myself "Persian" because I associate "Iranian" with post-revolution Iran. The culture has changed since the revolution. The culture I grew up with and relate to is Persian culture, not the "Iranian culture" of post-revolution Iran. So I'm Persian, not Iranian. But that's just me.
Arab here, I love Iranians/Persians! Most of the people I admire are actually Iranian =)
Thanks.❤❤❤
So, the US installed a dictator and didn't extradite him ........ What did they expect from the Iranian people , what did they think , that the Iranian people will turn around and say " oh , you made a small mistake everything is forgiven" ........
Syed Abdul Wasay it’s a part of their secret plan
NWO
The us didn’t install the shah(king)Iran already had a monarchy that had been around for centuries but the us began influencing the shah and Iranian politics.
The Shah was way better then what Iranians have now
@@thepessimistictitan2655 Not really no, least now we don't have foreign soldiers on our soil.
@@thedude5294 You had more freedom. And that is what matters.
And you do have foreign soldiers on your soil now. You have Hezbollah and Iraqi militias suppressing dissent right now as we speak.
The way he said Tehrangeles at 2:47 gave me chills 😆
Salam from Oman
@mOhaMmEd 96 Khasab
You cringed
I LOVE my Iranian people, they got the cutest accent when they speak English :) love and respect from Saudi
WALEED ALHARBI huge respect for all those progress made by prince Mohammad Bin Salman.our sisters in Saudi arabia deserve more
thanks alot
no, vee don't hav accent. I espik vit no accent. but tank you very much my frend.
AlexHector Turn your caps off old man. Second off, leave us Persians alone. Peace be upon you.
Ok toddler.
love and support to our Iranian brothers and sisters... from the Philippines. 👌 #Respect
pare ko !
Thank you
Here is the address of anyone wants to try the ice cream
1525 N La Brea Ave, Hollywood, CA 90028
I would very much try to try some of that yummy stuff.
Thank you
I love this place
i wish i could come up there obe there but I'm in iran
kristin_446 I would also like to visit Iran. So much history but it’s kinda hard for Americans.
I m lookng for my Iranian friend David. He was born in 1964 and he came from Tehran. In 1989 he was living in Vienna in Austria. In autumn 1989 he went to USA. I would like to find him.
Elzbieta Niziolek do you have information of him, or picture...
Unfortnately I don t have any photo. I don t remember also his second name. He was azylum seeker. I met him in Vienna in Austria n 1989. Then in autumn 1989 he went to USA. I lost contact with him.
And I’m looking for my dog KeKe from winter 1979, have you seen her? Cause I need her, and I want her
you need a poor iranian boyfriend do you ?
Try Facebook
I am mexican and I appreciate the Persian influence in California 😍 I had a friend in high school who was half Mexican and Persian. She was gorgeous! What a unique mixture of cultures 🇮🇷🇲🇽♥️
Persians are really smart.
Respect to iranian people.
Horn of Africa is the anus of the World
Thanks ❤️
As a Palestinian I also love Iran and cannot wait to visit your country. I love your language and your food especially falooda.
Mesopotamian Kurd why so mean?
Mesopotamian Kurd Dude what is your problem
Ana Irani min Amrika w Ana B7eb Falastin 🖤🇵🇸
RamoSFTT where are you living?in the west bank or outside palestine?
Why?
I'm new to LA from NYC. Good to know. Still trying to figure this place out. Love to see diversity and culture in a city.
As an arab I really love Iranians, they have a rich culture and to this day they are still unique. I don’t agree with their government nor the arab governments, but still they’re very interesting as people and culture. I hope to visit Iran someday.
Iranians aren't that different from us. They like ice cream. Seriously. Almost every video I see about Iran features ice cream.
haha funny yea, they love icecream thats true.
LOL. Great remark :P
We're actually very different from you. We're better than you :D
EXTRA^^^
Isaac Bakan Persians literally invented ice cream
Being Mexican American I can feel what you mean with the sentiment that Part of America has towards its “outsiders” . And it hurts . I’m sorry for this but I must say it makes the Raza/ gente/ people stronger !
Well why didn't you stay home. Y'all ain't so accepted of Americans in y'all homeland. We know what the Mexican cartel do.
Fix that cartel BS in your homeland. They be murdering American citizen's.
Iranians are very warm-hearted, friendly, helpful people ... To most people, it would be illogical to mix politics & Iranians perso nality/character ...
As Pakistanis we grow up Patronizing Persian Culture and Farsi.
But we always refer to Iran as Persia.
Iran after Islamic Revolution has been very different and distant towards us.
Lots of Love From Pakistan.
Great video! Here in Denmark me and most of my friends usually also go by persians, but without any specific reason.. Anyways keep up the good work, & much love! :)
Love Iran from Somalia
Carrot Cake
Me too
Somalia no real government. You rich boy.
@@farhia711 you are not even Somali idiot stop lying. We love Iran 🇮🇷
@@Bountylicious shut up. They are shia rafidahs , plus look at them , they have no respect for the Deen . I know because I met them , they have no respect for Islam .
@@slayer_general4243 You sound like a toxic drunk
As a Romanian from the LA area (ok Orange County but I hate OC and wanna move to LA), I have a lot of Iranian friends and they are honestly a lot like us, they have a similar culture of being friendly and inviting and whenever I go to an Iranian restaurant or hookah lounge I feel just at home.
I am Vietnamese and I LOVE Iranian people!!! Very beautiful culture, food and people. I am Vietnam
IRAN + VIETNAM = TWO VERY ANCIENT PEOPLES AND CULTURES!! ;-)
ToiYeuYAHWEH I also like Vietnamese people, especially the women 👌👌
Thank you, all friends of Vietnam. I was in Moldavia last year. Very nice experience.
Please help us fight against the chinese Nazis who want to steal our land. Thank you.
TRavellers visiting Iran nowadays say the same :
such generous, kind people .Especially since they're on the US list of countries to be bludgioned into subservience by the Dollar economies of the west.
Go back in your country Alex
Persian is a race. Some Iranians are azari, lurr, kurd, and Arab. But the majority of Iranians in Iran are Persian. Countries that end with -istan can also refer to themselves as Persians because there were all under the ancient Persia
younes rahimi Persian is an ethnicity
tf u talking about💀
I agree with everything you said until ur last statement, its so ignorant and illogical my friend.
Love Iran from iraqi Kurdistan, we share the same blood ❤
Happy Nowruz my dear Kurdish Brother. No one is closer to us than our Kurdish brothers. Persian, Kurdish and Azari are the same.
Happy Newroz too🔥, we are one family 🇹🇯🇮🇷
hama jabary im from kermanshah.... And i love Kurdistan
Alireza Cheshmak Thank you, we love Kermansha(Kermashan) too which is a part of East Kurdistan-Iran ❤
Roozbeh Soleimani Azeri are Turkic, even Pashtuns or Tajiks are closer than Azeris
Oh.....I am Korean-Singaporean American and I can COMPLETELY relate to you!!!!
I know EXACTLY how you felt and feel today.
Iranians produced the most greathearted, genius, gentle, manful with profound morality and manners.....My hats off to beloved Ahmedinejad ......Never ever the world will see a leader like him, I very much enjoyed all his interviews with the western media’s...... He responded all questions quick with the perfect answer it was like firing bullets to the heart of the bias & puppet journalists , he crushed the heart of the questioner and never got offended at all......I pray that one day u unite the entire Muslim nations who lost each other...... And I prayed u read books written by Leopald Weiss ( aka Mohamed Asad)....... I , too learned lot through his books.......
My prayer to you all
I'm Jewish I must say Iranian people have always been kind to me..
most iranians in america are jewish
@@footballfan5462 my friend's wife is actually Mizrahi from Iran. Unfortunately her family had to leave the country during Ayatollah Khomeini.
@@thgentleman9210 what part
So many immigrate and make their home in Los Angeles. Torrance, my hometown, was home to the second highest population of Japanese outside of Japan. Second to Hawaii only. Growing up, my best friends was a family that immigrated from Samoa.
Our favorite place to eat is this Korean BBQ place in Torrance that we grew up with. My schools were always diverse. Myself, I'm half Mexican half French. I remember when my family took a family trip to the East Coast. My mom was forced into an existential crisis when we couldn't find a single grocery store that sold tortillas in Pennsylvania.
LA is the true melting pot of the US. More so than NY.
True melting pot ? What are you trying to say?
I Love Iranian Because I'm Iranian 😂😍 and we respect other nations. Peace 👌❤
Beautiful culture :) Iranians are seriously handsome
Thank you, we know we are. We are very humble about it too.
Personally Iranians look like light skinned Indians to me. And most Mexicans think that too here in Los Angeles.
@@ifyourespondyourmad.2409 yep they look like Indians who live near colder parts.😂
@@ifyourespondyourmad.2409 most of us dont look anything like Indians actually. Most Indians are heavily mixed with dravidians, Iranians arent.
@@persianguy1524 well I mean the guy that made this video does look like he could be indian.
I'm half Iranian and half peruvian, so I love the Iranian culture and the System of gobernment of Iran, i think that the iranians descendant in Latin America have other perspective of the Iranian-Americans¡¡¡
I used to live in LA and I love Iranians! Mashti Malone's ice cream and faloodeh is the best! I used to go there twice a week and I've never had better ice cream in my life!
In love with Iran...
me too bro
Big love to all Iranians, from Israel❤️
Love back from Iran ❤️
Cant wait for the upcoming episodes! :)❤
Super documentary, can't wait to see the subsequent installments.
Oh I miss Persians, Persian food and especially rose ice cream. They don't have that in Germany.
I am Vietnamese and I LOVE Iranian people!!! Very beautiful culture, food and people. I am Vietnam
IRAN + VIETNAM = TWO VERY ANCIENT PEOPLES AND CULTURES!! ;-)
Judy there are Iranian communities, stores and restaurants also in Germany. I don't know where in Germany you live, but you have large Iranian communities in Hamburg and Berlin, and some other cities as well. You could maybe find your favorite Persian food there as well, Hamburg, Berlin or elsewhere. Search for it and you will see!
@@ToiYeuYAHWEH i like to know more about vietnam culture
Roobi, my dear Persian brother. Thank you for your interest in Vietnamese culture. We are one of the oldest people in the world, like that of your beautiful Persian people. And like you, we are very independent-minded people who have to constantly struggle to maintain our freedom and independence. Others have tried to occupy our land and destroy our identity but they have all failed because our Viet culture is much stronger, older and more human than chinese or Western ones. No matter how much bigger and mightier our enemies may be, we Viets will always prevail against them.
I hope that help, my Persian brother. I wish to enjoy a delicious lamb Polo dish with you along with a refreshing glass of dooug. Shalaam. :-D
Iranians and Viets get along perfectly because we come from very ancient lands inhabited by very kind peoples with rich history. I wish Iran will be free from Islamic dictatorship and Vietnam to be free from communist dictatorship. And we must unite against china and their ambitious greed to rule the world. Thank you, Persian brothers and sisters.
-- Much love and respect from Vietnam.
I belong to all the world - almost. I love Iran; my father's ancestors from there and he speaks Farsi fluently. He was born in Kuwait so he has a Kuwaiti citizenship so do I. My mother is Egyptian. Her sister, my aunt, married to Ethiopian. After the Kuwait Iraq war, I moved to the US and married a white bread, American boy. Now I am divorced and dating a Canadian Chinese boy lol
I love all my peeps. I am related to all the Arabs, Iranians, Asians, Egyptians, Americans, and Africans. I feel at home when I run into anyone from those areas of the world and my heart just smiles big
Kuwait doesn't give anyone citizenship doesn't matter how long or for how many generations you have been there unless you ( a female) marries a Kuwaiti citizen who is mostly only indigenous residents.
lol I know I'm late but anyway
My family and I are moving abroad and I'm literally so scared, I'm from Iran, and I'm Muslim( and English is not my mother tongue), I feel like people will judge me (I'm proud of my county and identity but since some people call Iranians and Muslims "terrorists" I'm kinda scared) but these comments really helped me, TH-cam has the best comment sections ever :)
I am an Israeli and I met Iranian people in Venice and they were very nice and friendly.
I love Mashti Malone's. A typical weekend trip to Los Angeles for us might include a meal at Awash Ethiopian cuisine then a stop at Mashti Malone's on the way back to the 101. Growing up in the Los Angeles area, with so many Persian/Iranian friends, there didn't seem to be anything "other" about them. Great video in pointing out the discrimination my friends' families faced and I wasn't even aware of.
There won't be any Iranians or any other ethnicity in America had the US not pursued such an aggressive and belligerent foreign policy towards other countries. The best example I can give is that of Scandinavian countries. They never adopted any expansionist, Imperial and colonial racist, nationalist foreign policy like Britain, France and Spain- whose children are the Americans- and look how peaceful their relationship with the Middle East is.
maaz amjad like Arabs, Muslims never done those things
Except during the raiding and pillaging of Europe in the Middle Ages.
In proportion, America has taken in more Muslim immigrants than any of your saintly Scandinavian countries who are banning Halal slaughter, head coverings, circumcisions, minarets in order to drive out and discourage Muslim immigrants from settling in these blonde haired and blue eyed paradises. So what's up with that genius?
Lol, Scandinavian xenophobia and racism is *far* worse than anything you'll encounter in the US, UK, France or Spain (not that any of these nations are saintly). Go read up Jante Law.
So Finnish people don't exist to you?
You enrich Los Angeles .... as a native Angeleno I welcome you with open arms.
Carlos Aguilar wow, never expected such comment
hossin maddoh why do Iranians hate Afghans?
Is Los Angeles your property? How exactly are you Native. And why are Iranians any more welcome than Nigerian, Vietnamese, Indian or Ukrainian?
Iranians don't hate afghans. It's just the antipathy towards the refugees from Afghanistan who are criminal. In fact Iranians and Afghans are brothers. At least the persian speaking majority.
Steven Lee Not the same at. Mexicans are more diverse genetically with different ancestral roots. Where as Central Americans are mainly of Native American decent and culture.
Long live the Persian people. May the Ayatollah be overthrown. May democracy take over from Shiraz to Tehran.
May Ahwaz be free
There are so many Iranians in LA because that is where they went after the Shah was disposed. Mostly all are Jewish and very polite. They for the most part are respected and have been a positive addition to the area in LA that they chose to live. They have some outstanding restaurants and some of the best tea that you will ever have...that ice cream store they show has some the best on the west coast...
Awesome content dude! Thumbs up 👍🏼
My family was from the Balkans. They were looked down too. My mother use to complain about the Mayflower neighbors. Be proud of your heritage, if your kind to your neighbor mostly they will be your friend.
that ice cream looks so good
They are very lovely people with a great culture. One of my goals this year is to try the Iranian ice cream. I love you, my Iranian brothers and sisters!
I enjoyed this video so much thank youuuu , lots and lots of love from Iran to all of you
This was very entertaining and educative. Thanks !
Iranians are so beautiful both women and men and iranian language is so interesting to listen to. I loved this video!
chris bean True that I m a happily married guy but if I weren t I would definitely have married an Iranian woman . Unfortunately they are not many of them in France .
Ah those were the days when we could defuse situations by saying we're Arab
THAT ONE GUY oh interesting that
now u hate it when people start calling u arabs
Salma Almeahlky oh I meant it as an Arab I'm not Iranian
I love all the Iranians people, they are very friendly and hard workers, all they want is peace, and better future. As a Mexican emigrant I have a lot of connections with them. Love and peace ✌️ Iranians brothers and sisters.
Good evening
I am a tourist guide from Morocco.
I never visited Iran but i highly respect Iranians .
I met four English tourists and a Frensh couple they visited iran recently . They said all western media propaganda against Iran is just nonesense . Iran has a glorious historical heritage and Iranians are a marvellous nation .
And salamo 3alaikom
Thanks for the representation this is a great video !
I love my Iranian friends in Australia and New Zealand
I don't like when certain nationalities segregate and isolate themselves to a certain district. This starts the problems. They must be mixed within society for it truly to work or there will always be that barrier.. This is why on the east coast we don't have many racial problems because everyone is mixed, unless you head down south of course and that isn't that bad either and getting better.
California needs to think ahead instead of just now.
Happy Nowruz!
Thank you for the good video, it's nice to see the other side of the story.
I live in Iran and i never though that people who went to the U.S felt this way.
Thank you for this eye-opening video!
Love Iranian pastry and sweets, people and their beautiful country. Love From London
Persian is the main ethnic group of Iran..... any iranian calling himself Persian is just stating his ethnic group not hard to understand... we have also other ethnic groups like azeris,kurds,armenians and so on..... when a iranian says he is Persian in America than he is a ethnic Persian from Iran, you have also Iranians who are ethnic armenians in L:A , they wont call themselves persian but Iranian-Armenian.
NewsOracle That depends on how you define your terms. A similar example is 'American'. When someone from the US says they're American, are they denying that, say a Colombian is (from the) American (continent)? We have Persian Persians as well as Persians in the general sense, as in coming from the geographical boundaries of what used to be the ancient Persia. It's just word games ...
ancient Persia was called by its people Iran...
Yes not ethnic Iranian. He's In accurately stating the word Persian for ethnicity. He's saying Persian as a synonym for Iranian (inaccurely)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Iran
That is not true, Persian in English does not refer to the "Fars" ethnicity, the issue is Iran was called Persia by westerners until 1935 and since a lot of Iranians don't know this cause they never in the history called Iran "Persia" they confuse the term Persia with being of Fars ethnicity, unfortunately all of Iran's cultural aspects are cited as "Persian" in the west and most people are not aware that Persia is a synonym for Iran
forever0042000
I care about ethnicity and mostly when I ask people I mean their ethnicity not the country they from - example, I know yuh are from U.S or LA but I would want to know your ethnicity
Non Iranian Iranian could say, I’m Armenian from Iran . Same thing with Iranian that not originally from Iran could say I’m Iranian from Pamir. the meaning or understanding of the world “Iranian” is far beyond of just country , border , passport, citizenship.
Love your culture no matter how much hate they tell you to feel.
I was nine years old when the Islamic Revolution took place in Iran. After 9/11, I’ve wondered why we have not normalized relations with the Iranian government and the people. They are not our enemy.
I hope one day in the near future, we can open up travel between our two nations. I would love to go visit Iran and see all the wonderful people and places that have there.
There are also many Armenians in LA. We are like brothers and sisters! Many Iranians actually came to armenia and they are now living in Yerevan. They’re so sweet. Lovely people.
, thank you for sharing this video. I'm an American female that lived in Iran for 10 years after the revolution during the Iran Iraq War and American hostage crisis yes I was there with my children. My oldest daughter is now on the board of directors for the house of Iran in Balboa Park I speak Farsi I teach it to my grandson. I would love to move to Tehranangles.
I wish I could find a Farsi language class
Maybe I need to go to Santa Monica and find this street
ایرانی دوست دوست دارم
William Hill I am ready to help u.
arizant arkiyan thanks! خوشحال شدم
من در LA زندگی می کنم.
William Hill oh,I'm from germany,I wish I was there to talk with you.it is too bad,I am sad.oooops.Good Luck my friend,If u have any question just call me,I'll be ready.
William it's great to see Americans who are interested in learning Farsi
William Hill Whatever you do it will happen to you same like afghans it is a swear to call you afghan in Iran 🇮🇷 and you would be embarrassed 😩 if someone call you afghan in Iran because people of Iran beat you up if they knew you are from Afghanistan 🇦🇫. Thanks 🙏 God the same thing happened to this bastard motherfuckers.
because they are rich thats all :) simple.. wherever they want to go, they go 💕💕💕
em true, many of them are .
The Jews say that they are the only people who consider Cyrus the Great as the "savior" and "liberator" of their people. But the same people throughout history have never come to the aid of the Iranians ...
Now is the time for the Jews to be the savior and liberators of the Iranians
I know a few Iranians. They are wonderful people. All that I know of are doctors, pharmacists, engineers, they own their own homes and oh yes a fabulous hotel, with fine dining. Their food is truly amazing! All the best to the Iranians living in the US and Iran itself. I wish Israel and the US would stop badgering Iran. Always meddling in other countries affairs.
Really why would you or anyone have any fear for saying your nationality? I was in 9th grade during the hostage crisis, and in my high school at first few people disrespected my nationality, but after I confronted them with a closed-fist, there were never any trouble again, you be surprised how all people respect guts and disrespect cowardliness & weakness....
Some people had different experience, my dad had no problems but people put bombs in my moms locker
And I bet most were "Trumpy" like White Americans.
Proud to be half-Persian
Dooset daram Iran from Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
Jose Moran
Don’t be so rude
Great video, wonderfully produced!
I grew up in Los Angeles in the San Fernando valley and I grew up with many Iranian American kids and recieved nothing but kindness!