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| Total population | |
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| Iranian-born residents in the United Kingdom: 114,432 (2021/22 census)[note 1]  England: 106,801 (2021)[1] Scotland: 4,803 (2022)[2] Wales: 2,367 (2021)[1]Northern Ireland: 461 (2021)[3] Previous estimates: 42,494 (2001 census) 84,735 (2011 census) 70,000 (2017 ONS estimate) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| London,[4] Manchester, Liverpool | |
| Languages | |
| British English, Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish and other languages of Iran. (see Languages of Iran) | |
| Religion | |
Shia Islam, Non-religion, Christianity, Judaism, Baháʼí, Sunni Islam, Zoroastrianism, Other.
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Iranians in the United Kingdom or British Iranians consist of people of Iranian nationality who have settled in the United Kingdom, as well as British residents and citizens of Iranian heritage. Iranians in the United Kingdom are referred to by hyphenated terms such as British-Iranians, British-Persians, Iranian-Britons, or Persian-Britons.[5]
As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the British-Iranian population was approx. 114,432 people. The vast majority of British-Iranians arrived after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, with an estimated 8,000 Iranian asylum seekers arriving in the United Kingdom in the following five years. Due to intensifying religious and political persecution, particularly of Iranian Christians, the numbers of Iranian asylum seekers arriving at UK soil has significantly risen in recent years.[6][7]
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- ^ "Table UV204 - Country of birth: Country by Country of Birth by Individuals". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 24 May 2024. '2022' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Country of birth: UV204'
- ^ "MS-A18: Country of birth - full detail". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "Born abroad: Iran", BBC News, 7 September 2005, retrieved 29 June 2019
- ^ Harbottle 2004
- ^ Rouch, Abigail Frymann (2024-02-23). "Christian converts under pressure to leave Iran". Church Times. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
- ^ Bandow, Doug (2024-05-11). "Iran Tries to Stem Religious Conversions from Islam". Cato Institute. Retrieved 2024-09-20.