i think the iranian racism is very high, arabs in general are not so racist, i think, its the iranian racism more than the arab nationalism that is keeping the two neighbors apart.
no this is keeping the nerighbors apart
"The Sassanid Empire fell to the Arabs mainly due to internal issues and the exhaustion of the Sassanid army because of continuous war with the Roman empire, the White Huns, Kushans, Khazars and other Steppe people. The entire war had been decisively summed up in the battle of Qadisiya. After the subjugation of the Persian army, the Arabs marched straight into the heart of Sassinid Persia, where
countless libraries and books, such as the ones in Ctesiphon, were destroyed and burned with the approvement of Caliph Omar. Countless artifacts were destroy; the tomb of Cyrus the Great and Takhte-Solyman (an ancient Zoroastrian fire temple) were to be destroyed, but the Iranians lied to the Arabs and told them that Cyrus's tomb was the tomb of Prophet Suleiman's mother and Takhte-Solyman was Prophet Suleiman's tomb. Kaveh Farrokh states in his book Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War "The local inhabitants made a desperate last stand at Veh Ardashir against the Arabs who finally broke into all of Ctesiphon in 637. For the first time the Arabs witnessed the riches, luxuries, arts architecture and sophistication of one of the worlds great empires. Looting reached epic proportions. One fifth of the looted goods were sent from Ctesiphon to Caliph Omar at Medina. So great was the haul of booty that every Arab soldier was able to appropriate 12000 Dirhams worth of goods roughly the equivalent of 250,000 US Dollars at the time of writing. Nearly 40,000 captured Sassanian noblemen were taken to Arabia and sold as slaves." The population of Rayy, Isfahan and Hamadan were exterminated thrice due to revolts. Much of this invasion and enslavement of the Persian people and onslaught of the Sassanids has left a bitter taste in Iranian people's mouth."
"Anti-Iranian sentiment (ایرانی ستیزی also ایران ستیزی
refers to feelings of hostility, hatred or prejudice towards Iran, its culture and its citizens.
Historically, prejudice against Persians particularly on the part of Arabs following the Islamic conquest of Persia may be described as anti-Persian sentiment."
""Ajam"
According to Encyclopædia Iranica, the word "ajam" in Arabic "is applied especially to Persians" and means "to mumble and speak indistinctly"[39] (similar to the Slavic use of words from the root nemoy ("mute") to refer to the Germans; see Names for Germany), which is the opposite of the meaning of speaking "chaste and correct Arabic language."[40]
"The distinction of Arab and Ajam is already discernible in pre- and early Islamic literature Cf. the Ajam Temtemī ("stuttering barbarian")."[41] (also mentioned in[42])
"In general, ajam was a pejorative term, used by Arabs because of their contrived social and political superiority in early Islam."[43]
Dehkhoda Dictionary also verifies this, stating the meaning as "کند زبانان" i.e. "one who mumbles". For another detailed discourse on this subject see:
* Ignaz Goldziher, 'Arab und 'Agam. Muhammedanische Studien I. Halle. 1889-1890. I p. 101. tr. London 1967-1971, I, p. 98[C. E. Bosworth.
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Palestinians
Despite getting much financial, political and military support from Iran, Palestinians have been an unreliable ally.[82] Yasser Arafat actively supported Saddam Hussein in his war against Iranians.[83] Interesting is the fact that even for Hamas, Pan-Arabism and anti-Iranian sentiment got the upper-hand when Hussein was executed. Hamas condemned the verdict. [6] Although Hamas is known to be ideologically close to Tehran, this did not prevent the Islamist Party from expressing its opinion on the issue.[84] In its statement soon after the verdict was announced, Hamas recalled the help Hussein provided to the Palestinians in their hour of need, "We, as the Palestinian people, support whoever supports our people and President Hussein was one of those."
Modern times
It was in Baghdad where the first Arab nationalists, mainly of Palestinian and Syrian descent, formed the basis of their overall philosophies. Prominent among them were individuals such as Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (the Mufti of Jerusalem) and Syrian nationalists such as Shukri al-Quwatli and Jamil Mardam. Sati' al-Husri, who served as advisor to the Ministry of Education and later as Director General of Education and Dean of the College of Law, was particularly instrumental in shaping the Iraqi educational system. Other prominent Pan-Arabists were Michel Aflaq and Khairallah Talfah, as well as Sati' al-Husri, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Zaki al-Arsuzi and Sami Shwkat (brother of Naji Shawkat). These individuals formed the nucleus and genesis of true pan-Arabism.
Satia Al-Husri's campaigns against schools suspected of being positive towards Persia are well documented[65]. One dramatic example is found in the 1920s when the Iraqi Ministry of Education ordered Husri to appoint Muhammad Al-Jawahiri as a teacher in a Baghdad school. A short excerpt of Husri's interview with the teacher is revealing[66]:
"Husri: First, I want to know your nationality.
Jawahiri: I am an Iranian.
Husri: In that case we cannot appoint you."
Saddam Hussein Al Majid Al Tikriti forced out tens of thousands of people of Persian origin from Iraq in the 1970s, after having been accused of being spies for Iran and Israel[67][68]. Today, many of them live in Iran[69][70].
Some Arab states show hostility to Iran. Al-Salafi magazine, quoted in The New York Times, states, "Iran has become more dangerous than Israel itself. The Iranian revolution has come to renew the Persian presence in our region. This is the real clash of civilisations."[85]
In January 2007, Saudi Arabian King Abdullah said that attempts to convert Muslim Sunnis to the Shi'a branch of Islam would not succeed and that Sunnis would always make up the majority of the world's Muslims. Although Abdullah did not mention Iran by name, his comments appeared to be aimed at easing Arab concerns over the Persian Shi'a nation's growing influence in the Middle East. [7] "We are following up on this matter and we are aware of the dimensions of spreading Shi'ism and where it has reached", Abdullah told the Kuwaiti Al-Siyassah daily. "However, we believe that this process will not achieve its goal because the majority of Sunni Muslims will never change their faith", he added. Ultimately, "the majority of Muslims seems immune to any attempts by other sects to penetrate it (Sunnism) or diminish its historical power." While there have been no specific examples of Iranians trying to convert Sunnis, Arabs fear such conversions would accompany Iran's growing powers.[86]
WITH TURKEY
In Turkey
See also: Human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey
Iran's Minister of Culture Hossein Saffar Harandi has called the disrespect to the Persian Shahnameh by some Pan-Turkists as the "introduction to Anti-Iranianism".[94][unreliable source?] Canadian author Kaveh Farrokh claims that pan-Turkist groups have encouraged anti-Iranian sentiments.[95]
Historically, the Shia Muslims were discriminated in the Ottoman Empire as they were associated with their Iranian neighbors. In Turkey, relatively large communities of Turks, Kurds and Zazas are Alevi Shia, while some areas in Eastern Anatolia, notably Kars and Ağrı, are Twelver Shia. Even in modern Turkey, Kurds and other Iranic peoples are targets of discrimination and violence (e.g. the 1993 Sivas Massacre)....[96]
In 2008, the celebration of Nowruz, the traditional new year celebration of the Iranian peoples by Kurds, resulted into two deaths and the arrest of 130 Kurds by the Turkish riot police.[97][98]
Although Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Abdullah Gül has good relations with Iran, in December 2007 the Turkish Ambassador to Israel assured the Israeli side that Turkey will offer support to some Iranian regionalist movements and their allies in the republic of Azerbaijan and made some irredentist claims towards the Iranian nation and its national unity.[99]