Naqsh-e Rostam, Iran Sassanid relief : two Roman emperors, Valerian and Philipus Arabus; representing europeans and the western world, at the feet of the Persian Emperor Shahpour the Great
to all europeans and americans who would like to be aryans: you are not! you are what you are and don't be ashamed of what you are. identity theft won't help you! Airyanəm Vaējah, which approximately means "expanse of the Aryans," is a reference in the Zoroastrian Avesta (Vendidad, Farg. 1) to Ahura Mazda's perfect land. It is considered the best of places. In the Avestan language, airyanəm vaējah is formed from the plural genitive case of airya and the word vaējah (whose oft-used nominative case is vaējō). The meaning of vaējah is Paradise ( Vaejah = Vahej = modern persian, Behesht ). Avestan airya is etymologically related to the Sanskrit ārya and the Old Persian ariya (Aryans). The term generated the Middle Persian term Ērānwēz (which occurs during the rule of the Sassanian emperor Ardashir I, and the Persian term Iran-vez, forming the modern name of Iran and meaning the paradise or just the good land of aryans