In this video, I take a look at the Semitic ancestry that is present within the contemporary Iranian population. Per my analysis, most of Iran's Semitic heritage is actually derived from a Bronze and Iron Age source, as opposed to directly deriving from the Arab conquest and subsequent settlement of Iran. The ancient, medieval, and modern Iranians have nearly proportional amounts of ancient Levantine ancestry. Overall, there is between 85 to 95% genetic continuity among the majority of Iran's population. This includes various isolated groups living within Iran. An analysis of the Kurds and Azerbaijanis also shows a great degree of relatedness with the ancient and medieval Iranians. These populations are not some sort of Nordic, European, or even Turkic remnants living within Iran, and are largely Iranian genetically. In the case of the Kurds, there is around 85 to 95% genetic continuity, and with the Azerbaijanis there is around 85% genetic continuity. These findings are in stark contrast to the claims made by Jason Reza Jorjani and White Nationalists that the modern Iranians are thoroughly and heavily admixed with the Arabs and Turco-Mongols. Regarding descent, modern Iranians show no direct ancestry from the Arab invaders, meaning that it likely left no to a negligible genetic impact on modern Iranians. The autosomal breakdowns featured in this analysis are from Davidski's G25 Calculator using the Vahaduo and Genoplot sites. The PCAs featured in this video are from a recent genetic study on European and West Asian populations. The sources are listed below. Additional sources are available at irantalk95@gmail.com.
Sources: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.15.491973v1.article-metrics, https://eurogenes.blogspot.com/2019/07/getting-most-out-of-global25_12.html, https://vahaduo.github.io/vahaduo//, https://genoplot.com/g25.
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