Why are there so many Iranians who are some part German?

Posted January 4th, 2011 by immigratecanada and filed in Immigration to Canada

I’ve been noticing lately that a lot of Iranian immigrants I meet (in Canada) say that they’re also a small part German (i.e. one-eighth). Was there a lot of emigration of Germans to Iran at some point in time or something?

This could all just be a coincidence, since I wasn’t able to find much through google searches.

Anyone know?