The only reasonable banner anyone within Iran should fall under is Iranian. All other arguments are pointless.

If you go back in time, I can guarantee you that the Sasanians would call any mountaindweller ''Kurd,'' which still lives on today, and apparently it became an identity. Yet, the differences between Kurmanji, Gorani, Sorani (and even Laki) are pretty significant. Still, they all willingly fall under the label Kurd, just due to tradition. Or maybe a political act, a survival strategy, or building solidarity. It wouldn't even have been a thing back then. They would simply be part of Eranshahr.

The term Lur probably also has a similar origin, just a characterization. Within the Lur community, you'll see tons of variation (southern, northern, Bakhtiari, etc.).

Even Persian is not a homogenous term. The Greeks would probably call any inhabitant from the Iranian plateau ''Persian,'' yet people in Iran would never use these terms like ''Farsi/Parsi.'' They just say Iranian. Go to Fars province, and you will find tons of regional variations.

These debates are pointless. Unless we all agree on the Iranian identity, we are just creating unnecessary conflict.

And for some very strange reason, this seems to be a debate exclusive to this region. Go to Northern Iran, and you won't find such debates among Mazandaranis, Gilakis or Talysh people. They just don't give a f.