Persian, predominant ethnic group of iran (formerly known as persia) It is the official language of iran, and two varieties of persian known as dari and tajik are official languages in afghanistan and tajikistan, respectively. It is spoken by about 130 million people, mainly in iran, afghanistan and tajikistan, and also in uzbekistan, iraq, russia and azerbaijan.
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The first persian empire, founded by cyrus the great around 550 b.c., became one of the largest empires in history, stretching from europe’s balkan peninsula in the west to india’s indus.
Iranian persian (persian, western persian, or farsi) is spoken in iran, and by minorities in iraq and the persian gulf states
Eastern persian (dari persian, afghan persian, or dari) is spoken in afghanistan. The history of the persian language is divided into three eras