You canot say that Iran is older than most civilizations on Earth. Is like saying Italy is older than most of other civilizations. Yes, there have been people

You canot say that Iran is older than most civilizations on Earth. Is like saying Italy is older than most of other civilizations. Yes, there have been people around for millenia, but they are far distant from Iran. Mesopotamia is the start of the civilization, and part of it was on the modern Iran. Do mesopotamians belong to Iran people?