Bob Kuykendall wrote:
The column and row headers are in english, as are the units, but all
the numbers are in some other characters; perhaps some sort of Arabic?
(Yes, I know that Iranians consider themselves ethnically and
culturally separate from the Arab cultures in the area).

AFAIK, the Persian and Arabic cultures are entirely different, same is
true for the languages. This is not something the "Iranians consider
themselves" but a historical fact.

Wikipedia has some good overview articles if you're interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language

Regards
-Gerhard
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