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In Iran (Persia), Christianity dates back to the early years of the religion during the time of Jesus.Through this time the Christian faith has always been followed by a minority of the population of Iran under its different state religions: Zoroastrianism in ancient Persia, followed by Sunni Islam in the Middle Ages after the Arab conquest, then Shia Islam since the Safavid conversion of the ...
The three largest non-Muslim religious minorities in Iran are the followers of the Baháʼí Faith, Christianity and Yarsani. [12] Starting sometime after 1844, The Baháʼí community, became the largest religious minority group in Iran, [13] has been persecuted during its existence and is not recognized as a faith by the Iranian government.
Christianity has a long history in Iran, dating back to Parthian times, in the early years of the Christian faith, although the major religion among the Iranian peoples themselves was Zoroastrianism. The Sasanian Empire was the centre of the Nestorian Church.
The Catholic Church in Iran is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. In 2022, there were about 21,380 Catholics in Iran out of a total population of about 86.8 million. [ 1 ]
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".
The constitution of Iran states that the country is an Islamic republic; it specifies Twelver Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. [1]In 2023, the country was scored zero out of 4 for religious freedom.
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Iran (1 C) F. Iranian former Christians (3 P) M. Iranian Christian missionaries (1 C) P. Iranian Protestants (4 C, 4 P) S. Persian ...
Eastern Christianity in Iran (4 C, 2 P) Protestantism in Iran (4 C, 3 P) * Iranian Christians (9 C, 27 P) A. Anti-Christian sentiment in Iran (1 C) Assyrians in Iran ...