Originally Posted by
andrewv
Persian is the fancy name for Iranian. The country name Iran has been around for 88 years (since 1935). Many Iranians prefer to call themselves Persian because they feel "Iran" has a negative sound to it. Almost 99% of all Iranians are Muslim. Millions left Iran (Iranian diaspora) and live all over the world, and many of those have abandoned their religion and/or become "westernized". They drink alcohol and have sex outside marriage and do all the things everyone else does. The conservative Iran we see on the news came to be when the Shah or Iran fell in 1979 and Ayatollah Khomeini took over.
In my view, finding a Persian/Iranian girl and having fun with her is totally not different from any other ethnic girl you might find today. Only difference is their features (dark hair, big eyes, white skin)... most Iranian women I've met socially and at work are very beautiful.