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ܗܝܡܢܘ̈ܬܐ

The faiths of Iran, each described by its own community.

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ܗܝܡܢܘ̈ܬܐ · ܡܘܬܒܐ ܕܥܘܕܪܢܐ ܚܕܕܝܐ ܘܡܪܒܝܢܘܬܐ ܕܓܠܘܬܐ ܐܝܪܢܝܬܐ

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ܗܝܡܢܘ̈ܬܐ

The faiths of Iran, each described by its own community.

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ܐܟܕܡܝܐ126 ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ، ܚܕ ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܐ ܝܠܗ ܦܬܝܚܐ ܠܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐܡܕܝܢܝܐ3 ܚܡܠ̈ܬܐ، 5 ܬܪܡܝ̈ܬܐܝܪܬܘܬܐ116 ܝܘܡ̈ܬܐ ܠܥܘܗܕܢܐ، 40 ܪܘܫܡ̈ܐ ܕܟܪܘܢܘܠܘܓܝܐܚܒܪ̈ܐ88 ܡܒܘܥ̈ܐ ܡܩܒܠ̈ܐ، ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܝܬ ܓܕܫ̈ܐ ܡܫܪܪ̈ܐܣܘܟ̈ܐܓܘ ܒܢܝܢܐ. ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܚܕ ܠܐ ܝܠܗ ܡܩܒܠܐ

ܗܝܡܢܘ̈ܬܐ

The faiths of Iran, each described by its own community.

ܗܝܡܢܘ̈ܬܐ

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  • Twelver Shi'a Islam

    Majority faith since the Safavids; hosseiniyehs abroad

  • Sunni Islam

    Among Kurds, Baloch, Turkmen and some southern communities

  • ܛܟܣ̈ܐ ܨܘܦܝ̈ܐ

    Nimatullahi, Gonabadi and Oveyssi orders, with centres abroad

  • ܙܪܕܫܬܝܘܬܐ

    The ancient faith of Iran; communities in Yazd, Kerman, Tehran, India and North America

  • Judaism

    Iranian Jews since the Achaemenids; Los Angeles, Great Neck, Israel

  • Armenian and Assyrian Christianity

    Recognised minorities with large diasporas

  • Baha'i Faith

    Iran's largest non-Muslim religious minority; discrimination and persecution since 1979 are documented by United Nations human rights bodies; the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education (1987)

  • Yarsan (Ahl-e Haqq)

    Kurdish and Lak faith of the Kermanshah region

  • ܡܢܕ̈ܝܐ

    Ancient Gnostic faith of Khuzestan

  • Secular and non-religious Iranians

    A large share of the diaspora

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