Today , many of them live in Iran .
Saddam Hussein Abd al - Majid al - Tikriti forced out tens of thousands of people of Persian origin from Iraq in the 1970s , after having been accused of being spies for Iran and Israel .
Today , many of them live in Persian .
Saddam Hussein Abd al - Majid al - Tikriti forced out tens of thousands of people of Persian origin from Iraq in the 1970s , after having been accused of being spies for Iran and Israel .