Christianity in the Islamic Republic of Iran

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Christianity_in_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran

GPTKB entity

Statements (109)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	religion in Iran Christianity by country
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Iran
gptkbp:denomination	gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church gptkb:Protestantism gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Assyrians gptkb:Armenians Persian converts
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	present since early centuries AD
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Christianity in the Islamic Republic of Iran
gptkbp:legalStatus	recognized minority religion
gptkbp:main_churches	gptkb:Vank_Cathedral gptkb:Saint_Thaddeus_Monastery gptkb:Saint_Sarkis_Cathedral,_Tehran Saint Mary Church, Urmia
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Persian gptkb:Assyrian_Neo-Aramaic Armenian
gptkbp:major_holidays	gptkb:Christmas gptkb:Easter gptkb:Epiphany
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Ilam gptkb:Tehran gptkb:silk gptkb:Gorgan gptkb:Torbat-e_Heydarieh gptkb:Birjand gptkb:Bushehr gptkb:Chabahar gptkb:Sabzevar gptkb:Semnan gptkb:Zabol gptkb:Zahedan gptkb:Zanjan gptkb:Arak gptkb:Bojnurd gptkb:Bukan gptkb:Ferdows gptkb:Gonabad gptkb:Kashmar gptkb:Oshnavieh gptkb:Piranshahr gptkb:Qaen gptkb:Quchan gptkb:Sardasht gptkb:Torbat-e_Jam gptkb:Sanandaj gptkb:Salmas gptkb:Ahvaz gptkb:Isfahan gptkb:Kerman gptkb:Kermanshah gptkb:Mashhad gptkb:Qom gptkb:Rasht gptkb:Shiraz gptkb:Tabriz gptkb:Urmia gptkb:Abadan gptkb:Karaj gptkb:Yasuj gptkb:Baneh gptkb:Bijar gptkb:Dehgolan gptkb:Divandarreh gptkb:Kamyaran gptkb:Khorramshahr gptkb:Khoy gptkb:Mahabad gptkb:Malayer gptkb:Maragheh gptkb:Marivan gptkb:Miandoab gptkb:Qorveh gptkb:Saqqez gptkb:Shahrekord gptkb:Ardabil gptkb:Tabas gptkb:Khash gptkb:Saravan gptkb:Khorramabad gptkb:Iranshahr gptkb:Shahrud gptkb:Bandar_Abbas gptkb:Neyshabur gptkb:Saveh gptkb:Hamadan gptkb:Kashan gptkb:Qazvin gptkb:Yazd gptkb:Borujerd gptkb:Nehbandan gptkb:Saqez Naghadeh
gptkbp:notableEvent	Armenian genocide refugees Assyrian genocide refugees closure of churches after 1979 execution of Mehdi Dibaj murder of Bishop Haik Hovsepian Mehr
gptkbp:number_of_adherents_(estimate,_2020s)	300,000
gptkbp:parliamentary_representation	1 Assyrian seat 2 Armenian seats
gptkbp:persecutedBy	converts from Islam face persecution evangelism is restricted house churches are illegal
gptkbp:protected_by_constitution	yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Persian_Christianity
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6