It is just "PERSIAN"

Shahryar Peyrovani, Paris
Dec 16, 2003

Baa Dorud (in Persian: with Hello !)
Yes ! Mr Pejman Akbarzadeh is right. The English name of this language is PERSIAN and FARSI is its internal equivalent.
This story goes back to 1979-80. After revolution in Iran (= Persia) many Persians because of political and sicial situation immigrated to the Western countries. Among them, some people did not know that this language is called "Persian" in English, "Persane" in French, "Persisch" in German, etc. They used "Farsi" and this word gradually became popular in the West (esp. in the US).
I read Mr. Pejman Akbarzadeh's long article "Iran or Persia? Farsi or Persian?" last year (which published in Persian Heritage Quarterly in New Jersey, USA). Fortunately he has convinced many webmasters, editors, reporters, writers, et. to change FARSI into PERSIAN in their texts and use "Persia" alongside "Iran".

Best Regards
Shahryar Peyrovani, Paris