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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 Faravahar is one of the symbols of Zoroastrianism, an Iranian religion. The Iranian religions, also known as the Persian religions, are, in the context of comparative religion, a grouping of religious movements that originated in the Iranian plateau, which accounts for the bulk of what is called "Greater Iran".
Pages in category "Religion in Iran" ... Iran: Religion, Politics and Society; Iranian Parliament religious minority reserved seats; Irreligion in Iran; M. Mandaeism;
In 2023, Raz Zimmt, an expert on Iran attached to Israel's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), quoting Iranian sociologist Hamidreza Jalaeipour, argued that 70% of Iranians fall into the category of "silent pragmatist traditionalist majority", which is defined as those who "might approve of religion and aspects of the regime, while ...
In order to gain authority and instill public compliance to clerical decisions across different ethnic and social groups, the Amilis would borrow aspects of Iran's culture. With the Amilis acting as their representatives, the Safavids significantly shaped Iranian legal and doctrinal traditions and altered the political landscape of Iranian society.
[citation needed] Gherardo Gnoli, in The Encyclopaedia of Religion, [225] says that we can assert that Manichaeism has its roots in the Iranian religious tradition and that its relationship to Mazdaism, or Zoroastrianism, is more or less like that of Christianity to Judaism. [226] The two religions have substantial differences. [227]
Iran: Religion, Politics, and Society is a book by Nikki R. Keddie which is about religion, politics and society in Iran. Frank Cass Publishers and Routledge published the book in 1980 and 1983, respectively. [1] [2]
Bábism (Persian: بابیه, romanized: Babiyye), also known as the Bábi Faith, [2] is a messianic movement founded in 1844 by the Báb (b. 'Ali Muhammad). [1] The Báb, an Iranian merchant-turned-prophet, professed that there is one incorporeal, unknown, and incomprehensible God [3] [4] who manifests his will in an unending series of theophanies, called Manifestations of God.