Around the 10th century, most Persians had become Muslims. Between the 7th century and the 15th century, Sunni Islam was the dominant sect in Iran.

The Islamization of Iran began with the Muslim conquest of Iran, when the Rashidun Caliphate annexed the Sasanian Empire. History · Muslim conquest of Iran

The vast majority of Iranians are Muslims of the Ithnā ʿAsharī, or Twelver, Shiʿi branch, which is the official state religion. The Kurds and Turkmen are ...

Most Iranians converted to Islam over a period of three centuries. The first generations of Iranian Muslims assimilated the culture of Arab conquerors and did ...

93% of the population of Iran are Muslim, of which 95% belong to the Shiites that represents one of the two mainstreams. The Shiites are described as the ...

According to Iranian government estimates, Muslims constitute 99.4 percent of the population, of whom 90 to 95 percent are Shia, and 5 to 10 percent are Sunni.

Islam in Iran (U). This paper describes Shia Islam as it has developed in Iran and as it is practiced in Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's theocracyj. (b)(3). The ...

In 1979 the Islamic Revolution erupted in the Iranian body politic, overthrowing the monarchy and transforming Iran's relations with the outside world.

8 апр. 2024 г. · Shiite Islam became Iran's official religion in 16th century Of the approximately 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, an estimated 85% to 90% are ...