Iron people

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Irons

Ир, Ирæттæ / Ir, Irættæ
Total population
est. 200,000
Regions with significant populations
Russia  North Ossetia–Alania	est. 100,000
Turkey	unknown
Syria	unknown
Languages
Iron (East Ossetian), Russian, Turkish
Religion
Majority: Orthodox Christianity Minority: Uatsdin Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Digor people

The Irons (East Ossetian: Ирон Iron, pl.: Ир Ir, Ирӕттӕ Irættæ; West Ossetian: Ирон Iron, pl.: Ирӕ Irӕ, Ирӕнттӕ Irænttæ) are a subgroup of the Ossetians. They speak the Iron dialect of the Eastern Iranian Ossetian language. The majority of Irons profess Russian Orthodoxy and a small minority profess Sunni Islam mainly in the lowland villages of North Ossetia, while the Uatsdin faith has also been preserved by a minority of Irons.