What is the religion of the majority people in Iran?

Answer 1

ONE VIEW: Iran has no freedom of religion and Islam forbids the open conversion of its followers to other faiths under pain of death, although many out conversions of Islam are done clandestinely.

Religions such as Yaresan and Mandeism are not officially recognized, neither are Hinduism and Buddhism. The government statistics are highly unreliable and obvious propaganda as many Iranians born Muslim no longer practice that faith although they are still counted as "Muslim".

In 2007, a survey of some 4,000-5,000 young people was conducted, free from government interference, politics and persecution. The results are the following

(Approximately 3 out of 4 participants were male)

1) Islam--> 62% among males; 76.8% in females (definitely not 98% advertised by IRI)

2) No religion--> 30.7% in males; 14.9% in females

3) Bahaism --> 3% in males; 3.4% in females

4) Zoroastrianism --> 2.5% in males; 1.8% in females

5) Christianity --> 0.3% in males; 1% in females

6) Judaism --> 0.1% in males; 0.3% in females

7) Other (Yarsanism, Mandeism, Hinduism, Buddhism) -->0.7% in males; 1.3% in females

8) No answer --> 0.7% in males; 0.5% in females

ANOTHER VIEW:

It is indeed considered illegal for a Muslim to convert to another religion in Iran. However, Iran does recognize the Islamic concept of Ahl al-Kitab, or "People of the Book". This provides Christians and Jews (and Zoroastrians, in Shiite Islam) "sanctuary", essentially, due to the Islamic concept that the Torah and The Bible have been corrupted but in the end the people of these religions are worshipping the same God as Muslims in good faith. Each of these three minor religions have a guaranteed seat in the Majles (Parliament) and is allowed to worship as they please, although they cannot hold government office other than the aforementioned Majles seat. The statistics cited above may very well be correct, but take it with a grain of salt as surveys in Iran are generally considered unreliable. In addition, understand that "Islam" is combining both Shiites and Sunnis together - about 20-30% of the Muslims in Iran are Sunni Muslims, while the state religion is Shia Islam.

Answer 2

Most Iranians are Muslims; 92% belong to the Shi'a branch of Islam, the official state religion, and about 8% belong to the Sunni branch of Islam. The remaining 2% are non-Muslim religious minorities, including Bahá'ís, Mandeans, Yarsanis, Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians.

Answer 3

Iran is officially known as the "Islamic Republic of Iran," so the major religion in Iran is Islam.

Religion in Iran is dominated by the Shi'a branch of Islam, which is the official state religion and to which about 89% of Iranians belong. About 9% of Iranians belong to the Sunni branch of Islam..

The remaining 2% are non-Muslim religious minorities, including Bahá'ís, Mandeans, Hindus, Yezidis, Yarsanis, Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians. (By most accounts, all remaining Jews have fled to either Israel or the U.S./Canada. If any are left, they keep their faith a secret).

The Bahá'í Faith, Iran's largest religious minority, is not officially recognized, and has been persecuted during its existence in Iran.

Answer 4

98% of Iran's population are muslims. The remaining 2% are Christians, Zorastrians, Baha'i and other minorities. It is believed that there are no longer and Jews left in Iran. If any remain, they are less than 10 people.

Baha'i people in Iran are persecuted.

Answer 5

The official religion of Iran is Twelver Shiite Islam. All other forms of Islam are unrecognized religions.

Answer 6

There are all religions in Iran! The most I'll say is Islam

Answer 7

The majority of people in iran's religion is Sunni

Answer 8

Mostly Shi'a Islam

Answer 9

persians, arabs, and kurds