Are there still persian people

Foreign Policy U. Liberal Politics U. Bridget Johnson. Political Journalist. She is a senior fellow specializing in terrorism analysis at the Haym Salomon Center. Updated February 17, Featured Video. View Article Sources. Cite this Article Format. Johnson, Bridget. The Difference Between 'Iranian' and 'Persian'. There are a lot of terms floating out there. At the end of the day, we pretty much know the country and culture that all of these terms refer to.

Nevertheless, it can sometimes get confusing, and questions pop up about, for instance, the difference between Persian and Farsi, if any, or uses of one over the other.

In a word: Iran. Today, Persia may not exist by name anymore, but it lives on in the form of historical sites. Persians speak the same language of Persian — or Farsi. The majority practices Islam. The Persian population is divided into different classes of people. Each class is distinguished by profession. The upper class is comprised of real estate investors, and entrepreneurs. Thousands of women are abused sexually through temporary marriages for women and girls as young as 13 years old.

Justification of civil laws for women based on the state interpretation of Islam does not have sufficient religious, cultural and normative power to sway the majority of Iranian women. There are two major sources of tension between the Islamic state on one side and the majority of women on the other side.

The second major tension between the Iranian state and women relates to their social and political role. The Islamic state faces a challenge: millions of young women who do not see themselves primarily as housewives.

These women often strive for higher education, demand the same job opportunities as men, and equal political representation, such as the freedom to run in a presidential election. They know how women live in other parts of the world and they want the same level of freedom for themselves.

As evidenced by archival research , women in ancient Iran could own land and conduct business, receive equal pay, travel freely on their own, and in the case of royal women, hold their own council meetings on policy.

The principal wife held her own court and could sign agreements with her own seal.