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Iran’s census claims that 99.5% of the population are Muslim, a figure that hides the state’s active hostility toward irreligiosity, conversion and unrecognised religious minorities.
- Secularisation
Iranian women protesting the death of Mahsa Amini gather...
- Iranian Revolution
They continue the battle today, even when enshrouded in...
- Faith
A bas-relief of Maimonides, sculpted by Brenda Putnam, hangs...
- Iran
Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, meets his...
- Middle East
Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, meets his...
- Secularisation
According to the 2020 Wave 7 World Values Survey, 96% of Iranians identify as Muslims. However, a report by the Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran (GAMAAN) in the same year showed a sharp decline in religiosity in the country, as only 40% of Iranian respondents identified as Muslims.
Fundamental changes in religious beliefs among Iranians. 15 September 2020. While official state numbers indicate that 99% of the 80 million Iranians identify as Muslim, trustworthy data on the religious dynamics inside Iran were thus far lacking.
Iran’s census claims 99.5% of its population is Muslim. Our survey reveals the truth. There has been a dramatic secularisation in Iranian society. Only 40% of citizens identify as Muslim,...
October 4, 2022. The Islamic Republic of Iran has survived longer than anyone had a right to expect. Today great revolutions are rare, because revolutions require the unflinching belief that...
The Islamic Republic was shaken by a huge wave of protests in 2022 following the death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini, who was detained by the morality police for allegedly violating Iran's...
GENEVA (22 August 2022) – UN experts* today called on Iranian authorities to stop persecution and harassment of religious minorities and end the use of religion to curtail the exercise of fundamental rights.
