Iran

It depends on the definitions of those two terms. In terms of appearance, Persians typically look like Southern Italians or Greeks in terms of coloration. The US Census classifies Persians as White, but individuals may use the terms differently than the US Census.

If you are using the term "Asian" to refer to any person from the continent of Asia, then YES, Persians are Asian. However, they have more Caucasian features than Indian or Chinese features, so if the general categories of "Desi", "East Asian", or "Southeast Asian" are intended by "Asian", then NO. If you are using "White" to refer to people of European ancestry, Persians are not Europeans, so NO, but if you are simply considering the color of a person's skin, then they would be "White", but closer to Olive.

The above picture gives a general idea of what Persians look like.

The Greek city-states which banded together to defeat the Persian invasion in 480-479 BCE didn't gain control of Greece, they defeated the Persians to defend their cities, and having done so went back to trying to enjoy their independent life.

They didn't get control of Greece - each city owned its own territory which collectively made up the Greek world - over 2,000 independent city-states spread around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, some of which formed alliances for security. The Ionian League was under Persian control. a league of southern Greek cities led by Sparta repelled the Persian invasion, the Delian League led by Athens liberated the Ionian cities and caused the Persians to come to peace with the Greek cities.

Never, although they were once close allies.

Iran is found in the Northern and the Eastern Hemispheres.

Reza Shah Pahlavi attempted to modernize Iran by constructing roads, industrial plants, and dams. He also had libraries built and his government established universities and modern schools that were based on European education.

Ronald Reagan

He said it all started off with some 'women-stealing on both sides'. This was escalated beyond reason when the Greeks over-responded over Helen and destroyed Troy, leading to 'perpetual enmity'.

US will of course.

The entire (with a few exceptions) Iranian Population rose up in the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Ayatollah Khomeini was able to co-opt the populist movement to take over the post-revolutionary government.

what did the grees persians and central asians have on the indian life between the mauryan and gupta empires

Athens led 180 eastern Greek city-states against the Persians in the last 30 years of the 50-year Persian War.

The Safavids (an Sufi Islamic empire developed after the raids of the Mongols and the Black Death in the 14th century) the land East of the Mediterranean and Anatolia, North of the Persian Gulf, South of the Caspian Sea. This was Persia and is now modern day Iran, Iraq, and part of Turkey.

The Iran-Iraq War featured belligerents primarily from Iran and Iraq. However, numerous other nations provided economic or military support, primarily to Iraq, but also some to Iran. These nations include the United States, Britain, Saudi Arabia, the Soviet Union, the PR China, France, Kuwait, Italy, West Germany, Egypt, Jordan, Singapore, North Korea, and Yugoslavia. No soldiers were provided by these nations.

No, the Iran Contra scandal happened during the Ronald Reagan Administration.

Iran had problems with the British, and prior to the Shah so publicized in the news, Iran's royal family worked extensively with the British, and when the British left, the Shah of the 1970's worked with the Americans, hence he was seen as a traitor.

The religions of the Ottoman and the Safavid Empires were Sunni Islam and Shia Islam respectively.

The currency of Iran is the Rial. However, most people count in Toman which are 10 rials apiece.

The allies of Iran are China, Russia, Germany, France . These are in order of importance. China recently signed contracts on natural gas fields within Iran. Russia was unable to fulfill the Chinese needs for natural gas and was pleased that they found a solution. Commodities within the Iranian infrastructure are supplied in part by Germany and France, ie, food, clothing, machinery.

please keep in mind that this was before the Islamic revolution, nowadays things are different.

granting asylum to the Shah of Iran

Many Iranians were frustrated with the American government because it supported the shah of Iran during the time. The Shah was a totalitarian leader, which the Iranians did not like, but he tried to westernize Iran which gained the favor of the US. As a result there was a protest outside of the American embassy in Tehran, which ended storming the embassy and taking Americans hostages. The movie Argo details some of these issues.

Iran has charismatic leader like, Ahmadinedja. He has anti-western polIcy and called Israel, United States as his enemy. Today he has ambition to create nuclear weapon.

So with his spirit and policy, it will make Hezbollah in Libanon jyhad more against Israel and western.

For Israel people, it becames a "threat" for their national security, so all of them keep wathing Ahmadinedja's policy.

Iraq as an independent nation (since 1923) has never successfully taken over Iran. Iraq's incursions into Iranian territory during the first part of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1982) occupied less than 5% of Iranian territory. However, there have been empires based in Iraq that have conquered Iran such as the Abbassid Caliphate and Ilkhanate in the 800s-1300s.

Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi was a Shiite Muslim, but his political philosophy was strongly secularist in the same vision employed by Atatürk in Turkey.

The Sunni and the Shia Islam. Shia Islam was made Persia's state religion; Sunni clerics were either killed or exiled from Persia.

Both events were secret attempts by the United States to undermine pro-Soviet governments.

Some regarded them highly, joining their side. Others opposed them fiercely. Self interest usually decided which view they espoused.