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Yes. They are both Ethna-Ashari Ja'afari (إثناء عشري جعفري) or Twelvers of the Ja'afari School of Jurisprudence in English.

The other schools of Shiite Islam (such as Zaydi and Ismaili) are minimal as a percentage of the Shiite Islamic community.

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