[Here is posited that the advanced cultures in ancient Scythia were Mongoloid not Caucasoid.(Eurasian not Indo-European)

i.e. Oxus River culture probably had dominant Altaic influences,as is now emerging from DNA analysis of the nearby Tocharian culture.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/07/18/these-red-haired-chinese-mummies-come-from-all-over-eurasia-dna-reveals/<BR>
Both Oxus River culture and Tocharians were probably connected to the Lop Nor ancient trade centre.]

If Sumerian has Scythic/Altaic influences, 
then there had to be altaic language speaking populations in ancient Iran around the end of the last ice age.

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Modern linguists have tried to "Aryanize" ancient Iran and Scythia by suggesting that only
"Iranic" or Indo-European languages existed there.

The more classical linguists in the 19th century tended to suggest Scythic languages were really Altaic, not Indo-European.
 
Strangely, 19th Century linguists might have been closer to the truth as regards ancient Scythia.
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It should be remembered that Elamites occupied a large portion of ancient Iran, and Elamite is a language isolate (not Indo-European).

Here is posited that Altaic language once existed in ancient Iran, along with Elamite.

Perhaps there was an Altaic language corridor into the Persian Gulf basin via eastern Iran/Balochistan.
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"R. Stiehlel writes, it is quite obvious that language of old Avesta is closely tied to ancient Altaic languages. Since [indo-european] newcomers to Iran joined older settled inhabitants often associated with Scythians,Turks and Finno-Ugrians, and borrowed much..."

 - author William Hearth referencing Ruth Stiehlel's book "Geschichte Mittelasiens im Altertum"(1970)

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