The Ancient Persians Were Black (Moors) First off, I myself am an Iranian. People in Iran believe that THEY are the direct descendants of the ancient Persians, they think the ancient Persians called themselves Aryans, so they were white people! While in fact, the ancient Persians and Elamites were black! Both the Persians and Elamites are depicted curly-haired and curly-bearded people on the Persepolis walls (reliefs), so were they white people? Is there any white nation on earth all having curl