Kurds in Iran
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| estimates from 6,738,787 to 8,000,000 | |
| Languages | |
| mainly Kurdish (Sorani, Kirmanji, Palewani), but also Persian, Azeri | |
| Religion | |
| Mainly Sunni Islam; minorities practice Shia Islam, Yarisan, Yazidism, Kurdish Christianity, Zoroastrianism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| (Persians, Talysh, Tats, Gilakis, Mazandaranis, Bakhtiaris, Lurs) |
Kurds in Iran also known as Iranian Kurds are Iranians of Kurdish ethnicity who speak Kurdish language as of their first language. The Kurds are the third largest ethnic group in Iran after the ethnic Persians and Iranian Azerbaijanis, comprising more than 10% of the country's population according to the CIA.
Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan (Kurdish: Rojhilatê Kurdistanê), is an unofficial name for the parts of northwestern Iran inhabited by Kurds which borders Iraq and Turkey. It includes the Kurdistan Province, Kermanshah Province, parts of West Azerbaijan Province and Ilam Province.
Kurds generally consider Iranian Kurdistan to be one of the four parts of a greater Kurdistan, which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), northern Syria (Western Kurdistan), and northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan).
According to the last census conducted in 2006, the four Kurdish-inhabited provinces in Iran, West Azerbaijan (2,873,459), Kermanshah Province (1,879,385), Kurdistan Province (1,440,156), and Ilam Province (545,787) have a total population of 6,738,787. Pockets of Persian Lurs inhabit the southern areas of Ilam Province. Kurds make up 21% of the population in West Azerbaijan Province.
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