re leilapk anon ip the sources you linked did refer to an iranian wine called shiraz but doesn't specify it as being from the syrah grape and in fact the hugh johnson vintage story of wine ref does describe as the same shirazi wine which numerous reliable sources describe as being made in shiraz and if you notice the same story of wine ref you added is actually already being used in the shirazi wine article additionally there are numerous reliable sources in this article including links to the dna evidence that conclusively show that the syrah wine grape originated in france no one is denying that a shirazi wine was made in the iranian persian city of shiraz and indeed we have an article dedicated to the subject and make reference to that article repeatedly in the syrah article but the abundance of evidence shows that the shirazi wine which was likely made from trebbiano and today modern syrahs shirazes are different wines cheese wine