Iranian Arabs

This article is about the Arab citizens of Iran. For the ethnically mixed people, see Arab-Persians.
Iranian Arabs
عرب إيران (Arabic)
عرب‌های ايران (Persian)
Total population
1.3–2.1 million[1] (2014, est.)
Regions with significant populations
Khuzestan, Khorasan, Hormozgan, Bushehr, Qom
Languages
Arabic (Khuzestani, Khorasani, Gulf, South Mesopotamian), Persian
Religion
Twelver Shi'a Islam (majority), Sunni Islam (minority)[2]
Related ethnic groups
Other Iranian citizens,[3] other Arabs (Huwala, Marsh Arabs, Arab-Persians, Iraqis, Kuwaitis, Bahranis)

Iranian Arabs (Arabic: عرب إيران ʿArab Īrān; Persian: عرب‌های ايران Arabhāye Irān) are the citizens of Iran who are ethnically Arab.[4] In 2008, their population stood at about 1.6 million people.[5] They are primarily concentrated in Khuzestan Province.[6][full citation needed][7][8]

  1. ^ Potter, Lawrence G. (2014). Sectarian Politics in the Persian Gulf. Oxford University Press. p. 290. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. ^ Nikki R. Keddie, "Iran and the Muslim World: Resistance and Revolution", New York University Press, 1995 (3/5/09). pp. 12–13: "Many writings state that the Arabs are Sunni, but the only bases for this assertion seem to be that most Arabs in the world are Sunni, that some Arabs in Khuzestan rarely are Sunni, and the Shi’a Arabs follow some customs that Persians associate with Sunnism. In the absence of scholarly work or census surveys, it is impossible to estimate the percentages of Shi’as and Sunnis among the Arabs, but the evidence suggests that the great majority of Iranian Arabs are Shi’ite. First, the Arabs border on a part of Iraq that is, and has long been, almost entirely Shi’ite, and it would be surprising to find a Sunni pocket in such an area, especially since, second, they live in the Shi'ite state of Iran."
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  4. ^ Fast, April (2005). Iran: The Land. Crabtree Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7787-9315-1.
  5. ^ CIA World Factbook
  6. ^ Plan of "study and measure the indicators of the country's public culture" (non-fixed indicators); ISBN 978-600-6627-48-9
  7. ^ Human Geography of Qom Province - Qom Governorate 2013
  8. ^ Karimipour, Kosar - Karimipour, Yadollah: Khuzestan Arabs: Divergence and Convergence. In the journal: "Geographical Research". Summer 1 - No. 1. P. Statistics on the Comprehensive Plan of State Division 2.