==This article is confusing and wrong== (do not delete thisl if you delete this it means you are a afghani) 

 persia is a former name of iran, the iranian shah in 1959 declared that both names, persia and iran will be used interchangeably. so persia and iran are synonyms, and iranian and persian are synonyms. the iranian film: Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadare, is translated as No one know about Persian cats. all iranian cultural aspects are known as Persian in english. like persian ruge. persian ruge is called farshe irani in persian. it is not called qaliye parsi. persian cuisine is called ashpazie irani in persian. persian calligraphy is called: khoshnevisie irani in persian. persian miniature is called negargarie irani in persian. in united states, americans of iranian origin call their country iran and they call themselves persian americans. so persia and iran and persian and iranian are synonyms. even not-ethnically persian personalities in iran are called persians. like googoosh, an azeri. so even azeris and kurds and lurs and baluchs in iran are persians since they are iranians. 

 it is not correct that the afghans are mentioned in this article. because afghans are not persians. if afghans are persians, so add pictures of afghans side by side of iranians in the image array. no one dares to do that because they know it will make people and especially iranians laugh. 

 an Adminstrator can take a look on articles of different nationalities and peoples in wikipedia, and you will know that there is not any article dedicatd to the Iranian people. there are articles about every people and nation, even statesless nation and tribes have article on wikipedia, but iranians dont have any article. i suggest any wikipedia administrator to create an article on wikipedia for iranian people only and do not mix iranians with other nations. english men and americans, italians and swiss and argentines and spaniards are not mixed in their articles in wikipedia. an article specially for iranian people should be created for only iranian people and redirect the article to the name persian. since persian is a synonym of iranian. and persia is a synonym of iran. and create an article for afghans and tajiks also since they are not part of middle east and iran. and even the article iranic peoples in wikipedia is very confusing and should be considered for correcting it. 

 thank you. i hope one or another administrator in wikipedia is considering it