Iranians in Iraq

Iraqi Persians
ايرانيان عراق (Persian)
إيرانيو العراق (Arabic)
Regions with significant populations
	Karbalā', Najaf, Baghdad, Suleymaniyah, Maysan, Basra
Iraq	486,000
Iran	400,000
Languages
	Persian, Mesopotamian Arabic, Kurdish
Religion
	Shiʿa Islam
Related ethnic groups
	'Ajam of Kuwait

Iraqi Persians (Persian: ایرانیان عراق, Arabic: إيرانيو العراق) or Iranians in Iraq (Persian: ایرانیان در عراق, Arabic: الإيرانيون في العراق) are Iraqi citizens of Iranian descent and background. Iranians have had a long presence in Iraq, since the Fall of Babylon.

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^ Pahlavan, Demographic Movements in the Region, p. 147.

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[2] Pahlavan, Demographic Movements in the Region, p. 147.

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