Development
Social development
Chapters, city cells, events and programmes for every generation.
- Programmes
- 7
- Cities with a page
- 69
- Country programmes
- 49
01Chapters by country
| Country | Chapter | Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Forming | Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth |
| Canada | Forming | Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal |
| France | Forming | Lyon, Paris |
| Germany | Forming | Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne |
| Netherlands | Forming | Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam |
| Sweden | Forming | Malmö, Stockholm, Uppsala, Gothenburg |
| Türkiye | Forming | Ankara, Denizli, Istanbul, Van |
| United Arab Emirates | Forming | Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah |
| United Kingdom | Forming | London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow |
| United States | Forming | Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco Bay Area, Washington DC area, Atlanta, Chicago, New York area, Houston, Dallas, Seattle |
| Armenia | Forming | Yerevan |
| Austria | Forming | Vienna |
| Bahrain | Forming | None listed yet |
| Belgium | Forming | Brussels |
| Denmark | Forming | Copenhagen |
| India | Forming | Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad |
| Iraq | Forming | None listed yet |
| Israel | Forming | Jerusalem, Holon and Bat Yam |
| Italy | Forming | Rome, Milan, Turin |
| Japan | Forming | Tokyo |
| Kuwait | Forming | None listed yet |
| Malaysia | Forming | Kuala Lumpur |
| Norway | Forming | Oslo |
| South Africa | Forming | Johannesburg, Cape Town |
| Switzerland | Forming | Geneva, Zurich |
| Afghanistan | Forming | None listed yet |
| Argentina | Forming | None listed yet |
| Azerbaijan | Forming | None listed yet |
| Brazil | Forming | São Paulo |
| China | Forming | None listed yet |
| Cyprus | Forming | None listed yet |
| Egypt | Forming | None listed yet |
| Finland | Forming | None listed yet |
| Georgia | Forming | Batumi, Tbilisi |
| Greece | Forming | None listed yet |
| Hungary | Forming | None listed yet |
| Kazakhstan | Forming | None listed yet |
| Kenya | Forming | Lamu and Mombasa |
| Mexico | Forming | None listed yet |
| New Zealand | Forming | None listed yet |
| Nigeria | Forming | None listed yet |
| Oman | Forming | None listed yet |
| Pakistan | Forming | None listed yet |
| Qatar | Forming | None listed yet |
| Russia | Forming | None listed yet |
| Spain | Forming | None listed yet |
| Tajikistan | Forming | None listed yet |
| Tanzania | Forming | Zanzibar |
| Venezuela | Forming | None listed yet |
02Programmes
Programmes for every generation, run through Chapters and local Chapter cells. They are in preparation or forming, and none of them is running yet.
- 01
Youth
A network for young people on leadership, identity and heritage.
Forming
- 02
Women
A network for women on leadership, enterprise and mutual support.
Forming
- 03
Elders
Company, care and the recording of memory for older members of the community.
In preparation
- 04
Wellbeing
Vetted referrals to culturally competent mental health and social care.
In preparation
- 05
Newcomers
First steps in a new country, with a local guide from a Chapter.
In preparation
- 06
Families and heritage schools
Support for families and weekend schools that teach the languages and heritage of Iran.
In preparation
- 07
Convenings
Festivals, lectures and gatherings, with private venues and published rules.
In preparation
Cite this page
- APA
Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Social development. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/development/social/
- Chicago
Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Social Development.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/development/social/.
- BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_development_social, author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Social development}, url = {https://iranians.global/development/social/}, howpublished = {https://iranians.global/development/social/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - idcdc2026_developmen N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - Social development UR - https://iranians.global/development/social/ ER -
03Research and sources
Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.
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Upward Mobility, Despite a Stigmatised Identity: Immigrants of Iranian Origin in Sweden
Alireza Behtoui · 2022 · Nordic Journal of Migration Research
ArticleCrossrefDOAJOpen accessCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
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Askarian M, Groot G, Carr T · 2026 · Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
ArticleEurope PMCOpen access
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Crafting an Identity in the Diaspora: Iranian Immigrants in the United States
Valentine M. Moghadam · 2007 · Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks
ChapterOpenAlexCrossref
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Cuisines of Diaspora: Expressions of Iranian Foodways & Culinary Traditions
Nazmi Kamal, Marian Chung · 2022 · Journal of Gastronomy and Tourism
ArticleOpenAIRE
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Transnational Culture in the Iranian Armenian Diaspora
Claudia Yaghoobi · 2023 · Edinburgh University Press
BookCrossref
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Health Impacts of Migration and Policy on the Iranian Diaspora.
Lee J, Naseh M, Badiezadeh S et al. · 2026 · J Immigr Minor Health
ArticleEurope PMCOpen access
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A home far away? Religious identity and transnational relations in the Iranian diaspora
CAMERON MCAULIFFE · 2007 · Global Networks
ArticleCrossref
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Hadidi M, O’Connor E, Abu-Zahra N et al. · 2026 · Int J Environ Res Public Health
ArticleEurope PMCOpen access
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Ethnic Identity from a Macro-Sociological Perspective: Second-generation Iranian “immigrants”
Fereshteh Ahmadi · 2017 · Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts – JOSHA
ArticleCrossref
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Seyed Mahdi Etemadifard, Tahereh Khazaei · 2020 · International Migration
ArticleOpenAIRE
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The Iranian diaspora in Malaysia: a socio-economic and political analysis
Abdol Moghset Bani Kamal, Ishtiaq Hossain · 2016 · Diaspora Studies
ArticleOpenAIRE
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The Iranian diaspora and the homeland: redefining the role of a centre
Ronen A. Cohen, Bosmat Yefet · 2019 · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
ArticleCrossref
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