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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...

The Iranian religions, also known as the Persian religions, are, in the context of comparative religion, a grouping of religious movements that originated...

Ancient Iranian religion or Iranian paganism was a set of ancient beliefs and practices of the Iranian peoples before the rise of Zoroastrianism. The religion...

constitution of Iran states that the country is an Islamic republic; it specifies Twelver Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. In 2023, the country...

Christianity in Iran dates back to the early years of the religion during the time of Jesus. Through this time the Christian faith has always been followed...

oldest religion still practiced in Iran. It is an Iranian religion that emerged around the 2nd millennium BCE, spreading through the Iranian plateau...

had been the Iranian nation's official and majority religion since the time of the Achaemenid Empire. Since the Rashidun invasion, Islam (in any form) has...

officially unrecognized by the Iranian government. In the official 2011 census, 265,899 persons did not state any religion (0.3% of total population). Between...

one of the national religions of Japan, which according to him may contain some Indo-Iranian influence owing to contact presumably in the steppes of Central...

(Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀) or Beh-dīn (Persian: بهدین), is an Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zarathushtra Spitama, who...

is a minor religion in Iran. As of 2015, there were 39,200 Hindus residing in Iran. Two Hindu temples were built by the Arya Samaj, one in Bandar Abbas...

The culture of Iran (Persian: فرهنگ ایران) or culture of Persia is one of the oldest and among the most influential in the world. Iran (Persia) is widely...

ethnic religion that originated in Kurdistan[citation needed] and has roots in pre-Zoroastrian Iranian religion, directly derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition...

Zoroastrianism and Iranian religions), Indian religions, East Asian religions, African religions, American religions, Oceanic religions, and classical Hellenistic...

Sasanian Empire in the third century AD. Ancient Iran saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanisation, religion and central government...

and it is widely regarded as the second-largest religion in Iran after Islam. Though most Baháʼís in Iran are of a Muslim background, the 19th century conversions...

minority religions present in the Middle East, belonging to the Abrahamic tradition or other religious categories, such as the Iranian religions. These...

living in Turkey (17,400), Azerbaijan (9,100), Iran (8,756), India (5,000) and Uzbekistan (4,000). Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based...

Faith in the world; these religions are otherwise largely exclusive to their native Iran where they originated from. Several tribal religions are also...

Eastern religions (including Abrahamic religions and Iranian religions), Indian religions, East Asian religions, African religions, American religions, Oceanic...