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Religion in Iran has been shaped by multiple religions and sects over the course of the country's history. Zoroastrianism was the main followed religion during the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC), Parthian Empire (247 BC-224 AD), and Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD). Another Iranian religion known as Manichaeanism was present in Iran during this period.
The ancient Iranian prophet, Zoroaster, reformed the early beliefs of ancient Iranians, the reconstructed Ancient Iranian religion, into a form of henotheism/monotheism. [1] The Gathas , hymns of Zoroaster's Avesta , introduced monotheistic ideas to Persia , while through the Yashts and Yasna , mentions are made to polytheism and earlier creeds.
The Iranian government's 2016 census purportedly presents 99% of the Iranian population as Muslim [14] [dead link ] (c.f. pie chart and its sources), and 80% of this figure is composed of Twelver Shias. [citation needed] [disputed (for: being unsourced, discrepant with chart sources) – discuss] Approximately 7% of Iranians are Sunnis.
Iran religion-related lists (1 C, 6 P) B. Bahá'í Faith in Iran (1 C, 12 P) Buddhism in Iran (1 C, 2 P) C. Christianity in Iran (12 C, 6 P) D. Religious ...
religion of Iran[*] Dewey Decimal: 299.15: Library of Congress: BL1500-1595: Universal Decimal: 254: This category lists articles related to the ...
Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
With a population of approximately 87 million, approximately 99.4% of Iran is Muslim (as of 2022). [1] Of these an estimated 90-95% were Shi'a and 5-10% Sunni (mostly Turkomen, Arabs, Baluchs, and Kurds living in the southwest, southeast, and northwest); although there are no official statistics of the size of the Sufi Muslim population, some reports estimated several million people, while ...
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