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In the present situation of the Middle East, aggrandizement of ethnicity and ethnographic issues and conflicts is a kind of ignorance of the process of history. This only happened in developing countries under the forces of exterior powers. This kind of approach is considered as “Social Dementia” in social sciences, “Social Dementia” encourages a nation to live in the past and ignore the present (Yordshahian, Ethnic genealogy & national survival. Farzan Publishers, Tehran, 2001) A blind approach to such a point of view will cause disintegration; what exactly happened throughout the history of the Middle East. People of every country gain their identity under the flag of integration of ethnic groups, and it is a preface to reach a global identity as a nation. The present discussion focused on study of ethnicity and ethnic groups of Iran, based on their cultural values and social approach. How we treat a multi-cultural nation is what should be described in detail. During the field work related to the present study, many interviews with local inhabitants all over the country have been done.
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Mohebbi, M., Mohebbi, Z. (2015). Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Iran. In: Sáenz, R., Embrick, D., Rodríguez, N. (eds) The International Handbook of the Demography of Race and Ethnicity. International Handbooks of Population, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8891-8_18
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