If one has ever wondered how the ancient peoples of the Middle East such as the Egyptians, the Syrians, and the Lebanese became lumped together as Arabs speaking a shared Arabic language while forgetting their own native tongue, one only needs to look at the current assault on Iran as a case in point.
Unlike other Middle Eastern nations currently in revolt, Iranians are not fighting just for natural and human civil rights as well as against corruption and fascism, but also to stop a clear genocidal attack against their national identity in lieu of Arabization. This is not prejudicial to Arabization, but an objection against its unwanted enforcement.
