Kafin bayyanar al'ummar Iran a zamanin Farkon Karfe, tudun mundun Iran ya karbi bakuncin al'adun gargajiya da dama.Zamanin Bronze na Farko ya shaida ƙauyuka zuwa cikin jahohin birni da ƙirƙirar rubuce-rubuce a Gabas ta Tsakiya.Susa, ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin ƙauyuka a duniya, an kafa shi a kusan 4395 KZ, ^[4] jim kaɗan bayan birnin Uruk na Sumerian a cikin 4500 KZ.Masu binciken archaeologists sun yi imanin Uruk ya rinjayi Susa, wanda ya hada da al'adun Mesopotamiya da yawa.^[5] Daga baya Susa ta zama babban birnin Elam, wanda aka kafa kusan 4000 KZ.^[4]Elam, wanda ke tsakiya a yamma da kudu maso yammacin Iran, ya kasance tsohuwar wayewar da ta taso zuwa kudancin Iraki .Sunanta, Elam, ya samo asali daga fassarar Sumerian da Akkadian.Elam ya kasance jagoran siyasa a Gabas ta Tsakiya, wanda aka sani da Susiana a cikin adabin gargajiya, bayan babban birnin Susa.Al'adun Elam sun rinjayi daular Achaemenid ta Farisa, kuma harshen Elam, wanda ake ganin ya zama ware, ana amfani da shi a hukumance a lokacin.Ana tsammanin Elamiyawa kakanni ne na Lurs na zamani, wanda harshensu, Luri, ya bambanta daga Farisa ta Tsakiya.Bugu da ƙari, ƙasar tudu ta Iran ta ƙunshi wuraren tarihi masu yawa, wanda ke nuni da kasancewar tsoffin al'adu da matsugunan birane a cikin karni na huɗu KZ.^[6] Sassan abin da ke arewa maso yammacin Iran sun kasance wani ɓangare na al'adun Kura-Araxes (kimanin 3400 KZ - kimanin 2000 KZ), wanda ya shiga cikin Caucasus da Anatolia.^[7] Al'adun Jiroft a kudu maso gabashin Iran na daga cikin na farko a kan tudu.Jiroft wani muhimmin wurin binciken kayan tarihi ne mai tarin kayan tarihi na karni na 4 KZ, wanda ke nuna keɓaɓɓen zanen dabbobi, ƙididdiga na tatsuniyoyi, da ƙirar gine-gine.Waɗannan kayan tarihi, waɗanda aka yi daga kayan kamar chlorite, jan ƙarfe, tagulla, terracotta, da lapis lazuli, suna ba da shawarar al'adun gargajiya.Masanin tarihin kasar Rasha Igor M. Diakonoff ya jaddada cewa Iraniyawa na zamani sun samo asali ne daga kungiyoyin da ba na Indo-Turai ba, musamman mutanen da suka kasance kafin Iran a Plateau, maimakon kabilun Proto-Indo-Turai.^[8]