Iranian American

E46458

diaspora community ethnic group

Iranian Americans are U.S. residents or citizens of Iranian (Persian) heritage, known for a highly educated, professionally successful diaspora with significant cultural, academic, and entrepreneurial contributions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Iranian American canonical	9
Iranian-American	4
Iranian Americans	3
Iranian American civic organizations	1
Iranian Jewish Americans	1
Persian Americans	1

Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith	Iranian American business associations ⓘ Iranian American self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Iranian American civic organizations Iranian student associations at U.S. universities ⓘ Nowruz celebrations in the United States ⓘ Persian language schools in the United States ⓘ
citizenshipStatus	U.S. citizen ⓘ U.S. permanent resident ⓘ
continentOfOrigin	Asia ⓘ
countryOfResidence	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalHeritage	Iranian cuisine ⓘ Persian carpet weaving ⓘ Persian culture ⓘ Persian literature ⓘ Persian music ⓘ Persian visual arts ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic	concentration in professional occupations ⓘ high household income relative to U.S. average ⓘ high proportion with college degrees ⓘ
diasporaFrom	Iran ⓘ
engageIn	philanthropy ⓘ political advocacy ⓘ transnational ties with Iran ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Iranian ⓘ Persian ⓘ
faced	discrimination ⓘ stereotyping ⓘ
fieldOfActivity	academia and research ⓘ arts and entertainment ⓘ finance and investment ⓘ hospitality industry ⓘ information technology ⓘ law and public policy ⓘ medicine and healthcare ⓘ real estate ⓘ science and engineering ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Iranian Armenian Americans ⓘ Azerbaijani American ⓘ surface form: Iranian Azeri Americans Iranian American self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Iranian Jewish Americans Iranian Kurdish Americans ⓘ Iranian American self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Persian Americans
immigrationStatus	first-generation immigrants ⓘ second-generation Americans ⓘ third-generation Americans ⓘ
knownFor	academic contributions ⓘ cultural contributions ⓘ engineering profession representation ⓘ entrepreneurship ⓘ high educational attainment ⓘ medical profession representation ⓘ professional success ⓘ small business ownership ⓘ technology sector contributions ⓘ
language	Armenian ⓘ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ Azerbaijani language ⓘ surface form: Azeri English ⓘ Persian language ⓘ surface form: Farsi Kurdish ⓘ Persian ⓘ
majorSettlement	Atlanta urban area ⓘ surface form: Atlanta metropolitan area Beverly Hills ⓘ Greater Boston ⓘ surface form: Boston metropolitan area Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ⓘ surface form: Dallas–Fort Worth Houston ⓘ Greater Los Angeles Area ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles metropolitan area New York metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: New York City metropolitan area Orange County, California ⓘ San Diego ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ Tehrangeles ⓘ Washington metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area Westwood, Los Angeles ⓘ
partOf	Asian American ⓘ surface form: Asian Americans Iranian diaspora ⓘ Middle Eastern American ⓘ surface form: Middle Eastern Americans
regionOfOrigin	Middle East ⓘ
religion	Baha'i Faith ⓘ surface form: Baháʼí Faith Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ Zoroastrianism ⓘ non-religious ⓘ
significantMigrationWave	Iran–Iraq War period ⓘ post-1979 Iranian Revolution ⓘ post-2000 skilled migration ⓘ
subjectTo	U.S. immigration policy toward Iran ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asian American → hasPart → Iranian American ⓘ

Middle Eastern American → hasEthnicComponent → Iranian American ⓘ

Dara Khosrowshahi → nationality → Iranian American ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranian-American

Iranian American → hasSubgroup → Iranian American self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Iranian Americans

this entity surface form: Persian Americans

Iranian American → hasSubgroup → Iranian American self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Iranian Americans

this entity surface form: Iranian Jewish Americans

Iranian American → associatedWith → Iranian American self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Iranian Americans

this entity surface form: Iranian American civic organizations

Mandaean American → identity → Iranian American ⓘ

subject surface form: Mandaean Americans

Babak Hassibi → nationality → Iranian American ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranian-American

Ali Hajimiri → nationality → Iranian American ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranian-American

Zhubin Parang → ethnicGroup → Iranian American ⓘ

Tehrangeles → ethnicCommunity → Iranian American ⓘ

Iranian diaspora → hasSubgroup → Iranian American ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranian Americans

Iranian Kurdish Americans → subgroupOf → Iranian American ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranian Americans

Iranian Kurdish Americans → identity → Iranian American ⓘ

Muslim American → ethnicGroup → Iranian American ⓘ

Iranian Armenian Americans → partOf → Iranian American ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranian Americans

Fariborz Maseeh → nationality → Iranian American ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranian-American

Esfandiar Baharmast → ethnicGroup → Iranian American ⓘ

Shahi → ethnicGroup → Iranian American ⓘ

subject surface form: Sarah Shahi