I'm studying history to become a highschool teacher and made presentation about the Achaemenid Persian empire. When reading, I found that the word Iran, comes from Aran or Aryan, which referred to their greatness. I'm a bit vague on the specifics since it's been a while and I forgot a little, sorry :).

I'm surprised Hitler would refer to a culture so different with such a different ethnicity to his German Aryan golden standard. Does anyone have any idea about this?