[Siamese Princess]

Note his blue eyes, light skin and straight nose. Persian is an Indo-European language and modern-day Persians are at least partially descended from Indo-European invaders who swept out of Europe, passed through the Middle East, conquered India, and, I think, some swung back into what we now call Iran. Up until WWII, Iran was called Persia. I think that the name "Iran" is derived from "Aryan."

[freedom44]

Yeah it's not very hard to tell the difference between Iranians and surrounding countries in the mid-east. Iranians are generally much lighter skinned, and have different facial structure -nose, chin, jaw.

There are some parts of Iran like Kuzekstan which borders Iraq where the people are generally darker and look more Arabic, but in general the people have a different look than Arabs.

[Cronos]

I think that the name "Iran" is derived from "Aryan."

That is correct. However, the Aryans did not come from Europe, they came from the triangle of north western India-Eastern Persia and southern Central Asia. They moved out of these places to form the Hittite Empire and then westwards to conquer Europe from the inhabitants (remnants of which can be found amongs the Basques, Finnish and Ugaritic speakers)

[Cronos]

The very term Aryan is derived from the Sanskrit-IRani word "arya" meaning nobleman/gentleman