Burry me in IRAN!

[IranHistory]

The gulf is Persian. Azerbaijan is Persian. And God Bless Dr. Richard Frye.

[shawnscool]

A great guy with great knowledge. What a wise man! finally some Americans start to understand Iran and its greatness

[hecho142]

Esfahan is really wonderful

[IranianBeauty1]

Iran :)

[shahinpar]

He is right, Iran (Persia) and China are the only two dominant civilizations in the world. China has just stayed in its own territory, but Iranian culture has influenced the whole middleeast and the west.

[arashasadi72]

A truly man of honor.

I think all americans should be proud of Prof Frye. He shoulf be awarded Noble prize.

[RebornAc3]

Persian Gulf forever. 

[utash321]

He is a great man!

He is a man of honor and principal!

God bless him and god bless IRAN that he loves dearly!

[jajarad]

The Iranian people are traced to the ancient Indo-European Aryans known as the Iranians or Proto-Iranians.

Iranian people have played an important role throughout history, the Achaemenid Persians established one of the world's first multi-national states, Scythian-Sarmatian nomads dominated the vast expanses of Russia and western Siberia.

[jajarad]

Iran, the cradle of the world civilisation !

[IranianBeauty1]

You are the best 

[iranovich2]

.AriyAIranAriyA.7000+,........­.,_Down with the -[isLam]- Occupation, Of Iran_

[iiNDiTC]

In his will, Professor Frye has expressed his wish to be buried next to the Zayandeh River in Isfahan. This request was approved by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in September 2007. Two other American Iranologists, Arthur Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, are already buried there.

[ajaxy12]

واقعا اگر این خانم ایرانی براش متاسفم که هنوز مردم و دولت رو نمی تونه تشخیص بده ودنبال بد نام کردن ایران و ایرانی هست امید وارم از کارهاش برای بد نام کردن ایران پشیمون بشه

[ThePersianGulf]

عزیزم این خانم به عنوان یک مجری حرفه ایی تلویزیون داره پرسش هایی که ممکنه به ذهن بینندگان جهانی و غیر ایرانی برسه را مطرح میکنه و توی این وادی ها نیست که میهن خود را بدنام یا نیکنام کنه.آیا شما انتظار دارید از ایران جانب داری کنه یا در حرفه اش بیطرف باشه؟ پیروز باشید

[ThePersianGulf]

همین پرسش های زیرکانه، حرفه ایی و بجای این خانم بود که "پروفسور فرای" به روشنی آنانرا پاسخ داد تا هیچگونه شک و شبهه ایی برای بینندگان غیر ایرانی باقی نماند که مردم با فرهنگ و بزرگ ایران زمین با حاکمان مستبد ایران متفاوت هستند و اینرا جزیی ازدورهء تاریخ درحال گذر ایران دانست.

[persianmusic4u]

burry me in esfahan nesfe jahan !!! :D

[iiNDiTC]

@persianmusic4u he says his predecessor author pope or something is buried there...

[XUltra00]

hey this guys a genius and i hope one day the world realizes that iran is not one damn islamic/arab country with islamic/arab culture and language and people, but Persian only ;)

[iiNDiTC]

@XUltra00 If you read Frye's work, which clearly you haven't you will understand and learn that Iranians contributed to Arab culture and influenced Islam, even adding another element to Islamic religion, culture, architecture, etc. The first Arabic grammar scientists were Persian, al-Zajj and al-Farsi. Most Iranian Muslim polymaths like Ibn Sina, Biruni, Nasir Tusi, Razi, Khwarizmi, Ganjavi, Hafez, Molana, Ferdowsi, Sadi, Suhrawardi, Mulla Sadra and the list goes on and on. Frye's books are good

[shami703]

something wrong with thisguy.

[OrangeClockworking]

ace. great man. esfahan nesfe jahan!

[freefrominfluence]

To understand Iran historyn & culture, one should read excellent book Iran , Empire of Mind By Michael Axworthy

Anyone who knows, and knows that he knows, Makes the stead of intelligence leap over the vaults of heaven;

Anyone who does not know, but knows that he does not know, Can bring his lame little donkey to the destination nonetheless;

Anyone who does not know, and does not know that he does not know, Is stuck for ever in double ignorance

Nasir-od-Din Tusi(1201-1274)

from above book.

[badigardsss]

gol gofti THE PERSIAN GOLF dorood bar to va hame irandostan.mamnoon

[OoAryAnAoO]

Every word this man said is true, and i feel the same. For very long time people have ignored the contribution of greater persia, today when people say middle east, they just think about what the arabs have done, but they forget that 99% of the inventions in whatever feel, and all the greatest islamic architecture etc comes from Greater iran.

[IranianPeaceLove]

Completely true my friend...many muslims are bragging around with what they call "their contributions" to the world and then they name Razie, Avicenna, Hafiz, Saadi, Rumi ....do I have to mention where they come from? Without Persian scholars, Islam would have hardly any contributions to the world! And yet the Arabs hate us...hmm. By the way, thanks for the upload!

[99999999988888888]

The CNN reporter is a traitor and Zionist tool. She is no longer Iranian in my eyes.

[ThePersianGulf]

آسیه نامداربرای یک گویندهء حرفه ایست و چیزی بر خلاف ایران نگفت. کار هر خبرنگار اینست که تمامی پرسش هایی مه به ذهن مخاطبان میرسد از مهمان برنامه بپرسد، ما باید افتخار کنیم که هموطنمان یک گزارشگر موفق و مسلط در سی ان ان است و انگلیسی را مانند زبان مادریش صحبت میکند.

[arc1342]

@99999999988888888

just for people to know...if you see these types of scounts with just numbers and they coment on videos that are anti Islamic republic, they are most likely basiji people from the IRI wich are spreading propeganda... not that CNN is getting lots of influence from Israel is a lie...

[poetologie84]

Did somebody ever here somethink like that about a other country ?

[iman198517]

long live Iran , thanks for sharing.

[persiandudeee]

Only if more americans were open minded as this man.

[docfaustus111]

I found the questions of the journalist a bit ignorant, what has the history of a country and its people to do with its current government?! I just recently started being interested in Persian history and I would love to go to Iran one day. This immense culture and that history is just overwhelming - I am a Brit and we have NO culture compared to Iran. I hope the Iranians will forgive us for the sins that my ancestors committed in terms of your history and hope the Iranians will be free soon.

[ThePersianGulf]

I ought to tell those Iranians who studied little about their history and contribution to the world civilization:

آب در کوزه و ما تشنه لبان میگردیم / یاردرخانه و ما گرد جهان میگردیم

[cheapnonsmoker]

Thanks for uploading this! Richard Frye is a wonderful human being who knows how to distinguish between the people of a country and their government. May God bless him!

[ThePersianGulf]

Youre most welcome. Thanks for watching, I agree with you, professor Frye is the one who knows more than many Iranians about their land, history & pride, thats why hes fallen in love with this ancient nation. Unfortunately, there are always some traitors who turn their back to this land and honorable people to clink to power for a season, but the Iranian people have proved they wont tolerate such betrayals. History has shown the winner will the people of Iran.

[cheapnonsmoker]

Yes I agree with you, I hate vatanforoushs of all kind, esp the current ones to be honest! I like Frye's spirit how he calmly talks that the current status in Iran will not last - without using the warmongering talks of others. God bless you both!

[sam7748]

Excellent. The contribution of Iranian Muslim culture is immense on the subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh). Islam is not ethnocentric.

[ThePersianGulf]

Thanks for watching this. Without non-Arab help, Islam would have died in the first 50 years of its rise.

[SonOfCyrusTheGreat]

Great excellent work! Thank u for sharing it.

Javeed Iran.

[ThePersianGulf]

قربون شما..مهرتون کم نشه....

[Fahasha]

I am a native American Wounded Knee Red Indian and want to be buried in Manhattan usurped by vandal terrorist ..

[ThePersianGulf]

!!!

[PalArabLover]

im surprised he didn't talk about nuclear stuff!

[PalArabLover]

at last someone admited the glory of iran

[kirbyman1kanden7pf]

he seems passionate about this so why not.

[ThePersianGulf]

Frye felt that Persian civilization was under-appreciated by other Muslims, and Arab Muslims in particular. Frye wrote:

"Arabs no longer understand the role of Iran and the Persian language in the formation of Islamic culture. Perhaps they wish to forget the past, but in so doing they remove the bases of their own spiritual, moral and cultural beingwithout the heritage of the past and a healthy respect for itthere is little chance for stability and proper growth." London: ButlerTanner, 1989

[AdorIslam]

America is ru by the Evangelists so why is it accepted? Is it because it is ok for Jews and Christians to do anything and that's accepted because Jesus died for their sins and the Jews are chosen people of Israel.

[ThePersianGulf]

ببخشید فرمایشهای شما هیچ ربطی به این ویدیو نداره. ایشون داره در مورد فرهنگ و تاریخ با شکوه ایران سخنرانی میکنه چه ربطی به اسلام و... داره؟

[xashaiar]

Yes Professor Richard Frye teach them! It is time for the world to rediscover Iran. Iran means Greater Iran, it means the land of Cyrus the Great. It means the land of the ONLY CONTINUOUS CIVILISATION in history.

Iran once we free you from mullahs (as Professor said it is in the course of history) we will build you again.

[ThePersianGulf]

شما درست می فرمایید و لی فکر میکنم اگر بگوییم یکی از تمدنهای برتر بهتر باشه.... آخوند = فریبکار

[saber13802001]

یه نظر من شما اشتباه می کنی

خیلی از مسمانان متمدن از سراسر دنیا می روند قم و درس آخوندی یاد میگیرند و بسیار متین هستند و بسیار صادق و انسان های پاک و عفیف و با حیا

اسلام تنها راه نجات بشراست و در این راه کافرانی هم مثل شما هستند

[ThePersianGulf]

آخوند زاده و تازه آخوند گرامی:

نظر شما محترم،ولی به نظر خیلی ها حوزهء علیمه قم مرکز ریاکاری، فریب، مفت خوری، چاپلوسی، بی ادبی، بی اصالتی، عرب پرستی، اسلام پرستی، خرافه گویی، سلب آزادی، بی دیانتی،ناپاکی، بی حیایی، فساد جنسی، توهین و خود بزرگ بینی و دیگران کوچک بینی جهان است.

[saber13802001]

همش تهمته

واقعیت چیز دیگه ایه میتونی بیایی و ببینی و تحقیق کنی

[Eleusha]

saber13802001>

خواهش میکنم اسم من را نیز در جزو کافران خود جای دهید زیرا این بر سربلندی ماست که ناممان را کافر بگذارند

همانگونه که بسیار پهلوانان و سرداران این خاک برای شما کافرانی بیش نبودند اسلام دشمن هر ایرانیست و کافری موجب افتخار ماست

[saber13802001]

ایشالا خدا قرار بده ما چیکاره ایم

تمام تهدید ها در قرآن به سوی شما کافران است که خدا را نکار می کنید

[Eleusha]

saber>

دوست گرامی و هم میهن ارجمند

کار خدا وکار این بی ایمانان که دیگر یارانمان را کافر میخوانند بسیار فرق دارد و در نزد خدا این کسان از خدا دورترند زیرا با ریا اسم خدا را صدا میکنند

[ThePersianGulf]

دوست گرامی سپاسگزارم از سخنان زیرکانهء شما برای برخی نادانان

صد ها چراغ دارد و بیراهه میرود

بگذار تا بیفتد و بیند سزای خویش

[Eleusha]

ThePersianGulf

بهمچنین بسیار سپاسگزارم از مهر شما و شعر زیباین

من نیز شعری از حافظ شیراز دارم

زاهد ظاهرپرست از حال ما آگاه نيست

در حق ما هر چه گويد جای هيچ اکراه نيست

در طريقت هر چه پيش سالک آيد خير اوست

در صراط مستقيم ای دل کسی گمراه نيست

[Eleusha]

هر که خواهد گو بيا و هر چه خواهد گو بگو

کبر و ناز و حاجب و دربان بدين درگاه نيست

بر در ميخانه رفتن کار يک رنگان بود

خودفروشان را به کوی می فروشان راه نيست

.

[ThePersianGulf]

دمت گرم که اهل دل هستی....

[aryablaze]

Its good that the professor realises that the mullahs dont make the nation of Iran but its the people who are called Iran! Iranians are now an opressed people looking for a way out of the everyday headaches like the Basij and the moral freaks!! But whats with the professor? he sounds a bit odd stammering and... should I say WOODY ALLEN? Whatever! His son is after China it seems! What a family!!

[ThePersianGulf]

Hi, Do you speak Persian?

[aryablaze]

i can't speak Farsi but I hope to learn it someday. Many of the words that I know in Farsi are through URDU and even more words From the Ancient Sanskrit that I use in Hindu Fire prayers are still in use in regular Farsi. But I'm sorry, I dont wish to learn the Arabised Farsi but the Unadultrated form. Farsi sounds majestic & beautiful and its like sugar rolling in your mouth! Poetic recitations in Farsi are stunning even for the foreigners!!

[ThePersianGulf]

Persian never was arabised.Languages borrow and lend.That's how they grow.There are many personalized words with Arabic roots have being used in Persian for over 1000 years, they deserve to be called Persian.Their application,functions,Grammar,­meaning, usage,pronunciations,shape,spe­lling,were persianised.Arabs wouldn't understand a term of Persianised Arabic-rooted sentence.This has made Persian Lnaguage powerful, beautiful,flexible sweet & Poetic.Theres only one Persian Language in the world.

[aryablaze]

Maybe I havnt been correct in haste. I listened to the Parsi poems that were recited at the Norooz meeting at the Fire Temple by the Dastoorji(Zorastrian head). these were from the Saved manuscripts that were bought by them to India when the Arabs invaded. I haven't been fortunate to listen to poems of today's Farsi but I'd like to. My interests lie more in the old language & so I said I'd prefer the older unadultrated form. :-)

[NimaSun]

Have you found any terrorist amongst them?

NO!

[ThePersianGulf]

Very true!

[purepersian47]

thank god,at last there is a man who knows about cultures and civilizations,thank you sir,we love you too,but if you can ,in anyway help us to show our true faces to the whole world,that what they see today in iran,do not represent us persians.thank you again for your kind words and thank asieh namdar for this interview

[ThePersianGulf]

هموطن گرامی هرچند دانش و پژوهش این استاد گرانقدر ستودنی است اما من فکر میکنم تک تک ایرانیان در معرفی فرهنگ وتمدن خود به دنیا وظیفه دارند و باید نمونهء یک ایرانی شایسته باشند. این از دست یک نفر ساخته نیست زنده باشید

[sarahwatts08]

How beautiful! I like CNN, CSPAN, and MSNBC! :)

[ThePersianGulf]

Hi Sarah, You're right the truth is always beautiful.

سخن کز دل برآید

لاجرم بر دل نشیند

[persia4ever3000]

thx for making this video , my friend .

[ThePersianGulf]

This is a CNN made video:) thanks for watching...