Regions with significant populations | |
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Karbalā', Najaf, Baghdad, Suleymaniyah, Maysan, Basra | |
Iraq | 486,000 |
Iran | 400,000[1] |
Languages | |
Persian, Mesopotamian Arabic, Kurdish | |
Religion | |
Shiʿa Islam[2] (minority Sunni Islam) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Iranian diaspora (Iranians of UAE • Ajam of Bahrain • Ajam of Qatar • Ajam of Iraq • 'Ajam of Kuwait • Iranians of Canada • Iranians of America • Iranians of UK • Iranians of Germany • Iranians of Israel • Iranians in Turkey) Iranian Peoples (Lurs, Achomis, Baluchs, Kurds, Iranian Azeris), Turkic peoples (Qashqai, Azerbaijanis), Huwala |
Iranians in Iraq (Persian: ایرانیان در عراق, Arabic: الإيرانيون في العراق), are Iraqi citizens of Iranian background. Iranians have had a long presence in Iraq, since the Fall of Babylon.