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Iran's clerical state

Iran's government, which supports Shia communities and amplifies jurisprudential differences

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Jan 23, 2026
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H how many Iranians are Muslim?

Official records and mainstream reference works put virtually the entire population of within Islam—roughly 99–99.6 percent—of whom about 90–95 percent are and the remainder Sunni; independent surveys...

Jan 13, 2026
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Has iran even been a christian country?

Iran has never been a majority Christian country or a state officially governed by Christianity; instead, Christianity has been a long-standing minority faith on Iranian territory from roughly the ear...

Jan 25, 2026
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What demographic and regional patterns explain Sunni and Shia distribution inside Iran?

is overwhelmingly Twelver Shia—most sources put Shias at roughly 90% of the Muslim population and Sunnis at roughly 5–10%—but that national figure masks stark regional clustering: Sunnis are concentra...

Feb 3, 2026

What is Iran's religion? Also what's the percentages of them all within Iran?

is overwhelmingly Muslim, with (IthnāʿAsharī) Shia Islam constitutionally the state religion and the vast majority of the population adhering to it; most mainstream sources put Shia at roughly 90–95% ...

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