Iran Profile

Total Area:
1,648,000 sq. km

Population:
65,875,223 (July 2008 est.)

Ethnicity:
Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%

Language:
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, Other 2%

Religion:
Muslim 98% (Shi'a 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%

Government Type:
Theocratic Republic

Capital:
Tehran

Population Below Poverty Line:
18% (2007)

Country Reports

Update: Christians released Print E-mail
September 16, 2009


Evin prison
Photo from FCNN

The remaining seven of the twenty-five Christians who were arrested by Iranian officials in Amameh, Tehran in late July (click here for the story) were released on bail from Evin prison on September 2, according to a September 9 report from Farsi Christian News Network. Each believer was required to post the ownership titles of two houses as bail security.

Click here to learn more about the persecution of Christians in Iran.

 
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