Origins  The text of the article says reputed to be from Persia Iran  Why reputed Its a fact The Persian cat is ubiquitous in Iran and can be seen digging garbage cans for food in city alleys and streets there everywhere Theyre indigenous  In Iran the Persian cat is called Gorbeh Yazdi since nonPersian regular breeds also exist  My mother had one once when she was little in Shiraz He was named Montesquieu by my grandpa My grandma however threw the Cat out back into the streets because he would pee on the Persian rugs of the house  I became friends with one myself when I was a kid in Isfahan once I called her khaleh fery She was a full size beauty And she ate one of my Turkey chicks we were raising in our backyard But she gave birth to two lovely kittens I tried raising them but they had to eventually go back to the alley because my mom would not tolerate the fur balls and hair on the rugs in the house oh history When I moved to America I had to leave them both to tend for themselves One kitten got run over by a car and the other was killed by mad kids in the street I was told later on  So its not reputed