Kurds in Iran

Kurds in Iran
Total population
	9–10 million
Languages
	Kurdish, Gorani and Persian
Religion
	Shia Islam (Twelver); Sunni Islam (Shafi'i); (Sufi order Qadiriyya also present); Yarsanism
Related ethnic groups
	see Iranian peoples

Kurds in Iran (Kurdish: کورد لە ئێران, romanized: Kurdên Îranê,^[5] Persian: کردها در ایران)^[6] constitute a large minority in the country with a population of around 9 and 10 million people.^[7]^[8] Most Iranian Kurds are bilingual in Kurdish and Persian.

^ Leinonen, Anu (2017). Unity or Diversity? Turkish Nationalism, Kurds, and the Turkish Mainstream Press (PDF). Helsinki: University of Helsinki. p. 66. ISBN 978-951-51-2890-4. Most Iranian Kurds are Shi'a (of Twelver Shi'ism).
^ Sebastian Maisel (2018). The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society. p. 54.
^ Ali Ezzatyar (2016). The Last Mufti of Iranian Kurdistan: Ethnic and Religious Implications in the Greater Middle East. Springer. p. 29. ISBN 9781137563248.
^ "Dervish practice Sufism on a yearly, 30-day journey through Kurdistan". Rûdaw. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "خوێندکارانی کورد لە ئێران". zheen.org (in Kurdish). Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ محمّدعلی چلونگر; کیومرث عظیمی (2012). "پراکندگی فرق و مذاهب تشیّع در کردستان". فصلنامه علمی شیعه شناسی (in Persian). 10 (39): 81–100. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ Brown, Sara E.; Smith, Stephen D. (2021). The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Mass Atrocity, and Genocide. Routledge. p. 345.
^ Sebastian Maisel (2018). The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society. p. xii.

[1] Leinonen, Anu (2017). Unity or Diversity? Turkish Nationalism, Kurds, and the Turkish Mainstream Press (PDF). Helsinki: University of Helsinki. p. 66. ISBN 978-951-51-2890-4. Most Iranian Kurds are Shi'a (of Twelver Shi'ism).

[2] Sebastian Maisel (2018). The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society. p. 54.

[Shafii-3] Ali Ezzatyar (2016). The Last Mufti of Iranian Kurdistan: Ethnic and Religious Implications in the Greater Middle East. Springer. p. 29. ISBN 9781137563248.

[Rudaw-4] "Dervish practice Sufism on a yearly, 30-day journey through Kurdistan". Rûdaw. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[5] "خوێندکارانی کورد لە ئێران". zheen.org (in Kurdish). Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[6] محمّدعلی چلونگر; کیومرث عظیمی (2012). "پراکندگی فرق و مذاهب تشیّع در کردستان". فصلنامه علمی شیعه شناسی (in Persian). 10 (39): 81–100. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[7] Brown, Sara E.; Smith, Stephen D. (2021). The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Mass Atrocity, and Genocide. Routledge. p. 345.

[8] Sebastian Maisel (2018). The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society. p. xii.

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