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==Demographics==
Due to the geographical proximity between [[Iran]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Persian people|Persians]] were the first major group of foreign settlers in the region, with a history dating back to the 1810s.<ref name=et>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDp9lDhHE0kC&pg=PA184 |title=Negotiating Change: The New Politics of the Middle East|work= Jeremy Jones|date= 2007 |pages=184–186|isbn=9781845112707|last1=Jones|first1=Jeremy|publisher=I.B. Tauris }}</ref> Persians who resided in the [[Trucial States]] prior to 1925 or before the formation of the union were offered the [[Emirati nationality law|Emirati citizenship]] as per Article 17 of the United Arab Emirates Citizenship and Passport Law of Year 1972.<ref name="law">{{cite web |url=http://www.gcc-legal.org/LawAsPDF.aspx?opt&country=0&LawID=3147#Section_6582 |title=UAE Citizenship and Passport Law of Year 1972, Article 17 |access-date=2018-01-23 |archive-date=2018-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805052324/http://www.gcc-legal.org/LawAsPDF.aspx?opt&country=0&LawID=3147#Section_6582 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The UAE is currently home to 500,000 Iranian expatriates, most of whom live in Dubai.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--[if IE 6]> <![endif]-->|url=http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/04/09/144872.html|title=UAE soldiers to learn Persian|publisher=Alarabiya.net|date=2011-04-09|access-date=2012-12-10}}</ref> The [[Iranian Club, Dubai|Iranian Club in Dubai]] is the main social club of Iranian expatriates in the country.
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