Do you consider Iranians "white"?

[k5125]

I know that "white" is really vague, but I have heard many Iranians refer to themselves as white. Personally, I think they resemble the Jews more than the arabs oddly enough.

I definately think they look a lot different from the arabs. Most people in America actually think Iranians are arabs, but then again they think every middle easterner is an arab.

But even Iranian girls. This one Iranian girl on Tv said that she was a white persian girl.

[galvez]

There is a lot of diversity among Med groups -- I recently saw some Greeks (no offense intended to Greeks) on TV who struck me as alien or foreign.

Phenotypically Iranians are not much different from Southern Europeans -- on average maybe a bit darker and maybe a bit more mixed with certain exotic elements.

Still, a lot of their women are hot.

I guess they are White. Oh, well, if I piss off some low-IQ White Nationalists so be it. Diablo may have a point. ;D

[k5125]

[k5125]

"Oh, well, if I piss off some low-IQ White Nationalists so be it."

;)Go for it!

Oh yeah, and you are right. Persian women are REALLY good looking!

[AWAR]

Iranians are white, some look more or less like Europeans.
Khomeini wasn't Iranian AFAIK.

[k5125]

What was Khomeini? Arab?

[AWAR]

k5125 said:

What was Khomeini? Arab?

He was from India, I think.... I don't know his exact ethnicity

[Melnorme]

Iranians look different from Jews. Hell, even Iranian Jews look 'different'. They're often instantly distinguishable.

[k5125]

AWAR said:

He was from India, I think.... I don't know his exact ethnicity

Yeah, you are right. I just checked it. Thats wierd. I would have never guessed that he was from India.

[k5125]

Melnorme said:

Iranians look different from Jews. Hell, even Iranian Jews look 'different'. They're often instantly distinguishable.

What I meant was that they have more armenoid features (I think), rather than what axelrod described as "arab" or orientaloid.

I didn't mean they looked identical to jews by any means. But I think they look closer to most jews than say for example Saudis do. Probably Iranians look closest to the kurds though.

[AWAR]

Iran is too big to be classified
There are also many ethnicities living there.

[ramsharma]

Iranian girls are very goodlooking, I agree, but
most of them don't look white to me.
Here in DC, I come in contact with Iranians almost on a diurnal basis. In fact, when I was 16 yrs old, I used to work at a place where the majority were Iranians.
Even though some of them were very light, most of them did not look white to me. There was something in their phenotype that was pretty distinct.
This Iranian girl I knew was white in terms of skin color, but not by physical features. She was H-O-T.
I am medium brown in skin complexion, and even I was mistaken for an Iranian by many, though some would correctly guess that I was some form of South Asian.
Iranians are a very hardworking people, and have made tremendous strides in the US of A--in fact they're one of the richest minorities in the US.
However, what I noticed was that many Iranians did think they were white. It's pretty subjective, really.

[nordicyouth]

While some Iranians can 'pass' for Southern Europeans (obviously Med.), Iranians are generally darker and stand out, not unlike Turks but without the Mongoloid aspects. As far as skin colour goes Iranians are 'brown'
but their facial features are also incredibly distinguishable from Arabs and Europeans, so that factors in also. Iranians seem related somewhat to Meds. or any Europeans for that matter, more so than any other non-European group...

While Iranians consider themselves 'White' next to Blacks or Indians, etc., they themselves will identify themselves as brown or darker next to Whites. Iranians I know are indeed proud, but are happy that they are not darker then they are. Sadly, the ideals of MTV penetrate such a rich culture...

[buddyrydell]

Iranians are Caucasoid but not European Caucasoid. Still, like some of you have been saying, some of them can pass for southern European whereas most are distinguishable from any European due to darker pigmentation and a slightly different facial profile. The Irano-Afghan look is what makes them look non-European. I had a friend who was Persian, he had the typical Irano-Afghan facial features, but his coloring was easily within the southern European range (he actually had greenish eyes). To be realistic, I'd say that they are certainly more related to Europeans than either the Turks or Arabs (except maybe for some of the western Turks who are largely Greek or other European descent).

[k5125]

What about armenians then, since they are east of turkey? Are they considered white?

I have seen some variety among armenians. One armenian kid I knew had black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin and he always called himself a whiteboy.

But this other kid who was only half armenian (his other half was central european) he had browner skin than the full armenian kid.

And then there was this armenian girl (really hot btw) who had black hair brown eyes, and really white skin. And blacks in my school would just call her white girl, and I think she identified herself as white.

I think Iranians look similar to armenians, but Iranians I would have to say are generally darker than them. But I think their facial structures look very close.

So I guess it works both ways for persians. Some persian women are really brown skinned. Others are ultra pale white. And a lot of them have hazel eyes. The variety could even be due to intermixing with Indians (and of course Pakistanis) which might create the darker features among so many of them. But I certainly am not an expert on this, so I could be very wrong. Oh well its just a guess.

Anyway, I just can't get over how beautiful persian women are whether brown skinned or white skinned.