Iranians in Iraq

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Iraqi Persians
ايرانيان عراق (
Kurdish
Religion
Shiʿa Islam[2]
Related ethnic groups
'Ajam of Kuwait

Iraqi Persians (

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
.

History

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Saddam Hussein exiled between 350,000[3][4] to 650,000 Iraqi citizens of Iranian ancestry.[1] Most of them went to Iran. Most could prove an Iranian ancestry in Iran's court received Iranian citizenship (400,000) and some of them returned to Iraq immediately after his fall.[1] The population of Iraqis of Iranian descent is currently 486,000[citation needed] (not including Iranian residents in Iraq).

Culture

Most Persian Iraqis belong to

, the same religion that most Iraqis belong to.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hamshahri Newspaper (In Persian)". hamshahri.org. Retrieved 12 November 2014.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Pahlavan, Demographic Movements in the Region, p. 147.
  3. ^ Iranica Online
  4. ^ U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)[permanent dead link]