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Kurds in Iran
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 9–10 million | |
| Languages | |
| Kurdish, Gorani and Persian | |
| Religion | |
| Shia Islam (Twelver)[1][2] Sunni Islam (Shafi'i)[3] (Sufi order Qadiriyya also present)[4] Yarsanism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| see Iranian peoples |
Kurds in Iran (Kurdish: کورد لە ئێران, romanized: Kurdên Îranê,[5] Persian: کردها در ایران)[6] constitute a large minority in the country with a population of around 9 and 10 million people.[7][8]
- ^ Leinonen, Anu (2017). Unity or Diversity? Turkish Nationalism, Kurds, and the Turkish Mainstream Press (PDF). Helsinki: University of Helsinki. p. 66. ISBN 978-951-51-2890-4.
Most Iranian Kurds are Shi'a (of Twelver Shi'ism).
- ^ Sebastian Maisel (2018). The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society. p. 54.
- ^ Ali Ezzatyar (2016). The Last Mufti of Iranian Kurdistan: Ethnic and Religious Implications in the Greater Middle East. Springer. p. 29. ISBN 9781137563248.
- ^ "Dervish practice Sufism on a yearly, 30-day journey through Kurdistan". Rûdaw. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "خوێندکارانی کورد لە ئێران". zheen.org (in Kurdish). Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ محمّدعلی چلونگر; کیومرث عظیمی (2012). "پراکندگی فرق و مذاهب تشیّع در کردستان". فصلنامه علمی شیعه شناسی (in Persian). 10 (39): 81–100. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Brown, Sara E.; Smith, Stephen D. (2021). The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Mass Atrocity, and Genocide. Routledge. p. 345.
- ^ Sebastian Maisel (2018). The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society. p. xii.
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