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Revision as of 10:29, 23 August 2022
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 Map of the Iranian diaspora in the world as of 2021 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| around 6 million (2021)[1][2] | |
| Americas | 1,905,813 (47.20%) |
| Europe | 1,184,552 (29.34%) |
| West Asia and Other | 2,433,000 (60.26%) |
| Languages | |
| Languages of Iran | |
| Religion | |
Iranian diaspora refers to Iranian people or those who are of Iranian ancestry living outside Iran.[3][4][5][6][7][8][excessive citations]
As of 2010, there were an estimated two to three million Iranians living abroad. Many of them lived in North America, Europe, Persian Gulf States, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Australia and the broader Middle East.[9][10] Other studies have estimated about 1.5 million or fewer Iranians living abroad.[11] Many of them have migrated to other countries after the Iranian Revolution in 1979, for security reasons.[12][13]
In 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran published new statistics, which showed that 4,037,258 Iranians are living abroad, an increase from previous years.[1][2]
Statistics by country
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Socioeconomic status
Nearly 60 percent of Iranians abroad have earned at least an undergraduate degree, and have one of the highest rates of self-employment among immigrant groups. Many have founded their own companies, including Isaac Larian, the founder of MGA Entertainment, and Pierre Omidyar, who founded eBay in 1995 in San Jose, California. Iranian households earn on average $87,288 annually, and are ranked ninth by income in the United States of America.[17]
Students abroad
According to the Iranian government, 55,686 Iranian students were studying abroad in 2013:[18] 8,883 studied in Malaysia, 7,341 in the United States, 5,638 in Canada, 3,504 in Germany, 3,364 in Turkey, 3,228 in Britain, and the rest in other countries.[19][20] The Iranian Ministry of Education estimated that between 350,000 and 500,000 Iranians were studying outside Iran as of 2014.[21]
Politics
Hrant Markarian, Chairman of Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Sam Dastyari, Senator
Seema Kennedy, Member of the House of Commons- Haleh Afshar, Member of the House of Lords
- David Alliance, Member of the House of Lords
Amir Khadir, Member of the National Assembly of Quebec
Reza Moridi, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario- Majid Jowhari, Member of the Parliament of Canada
- Ali Ehsassi, Member of the Parliament of Canada
Pouria Amirshahi, Former Member of the French National Assembly- Mahmoud Khayami, founder of Iran Khodro
- Pierre Omidyar, investigative journalist for Honolulu Civil Beat and First Look Media, also founder of eBay
- Patrick Ali Pahlavi, member of the Pahlavi dynasty
Yasmin Fahimi, general secretary of the Social Democratic Party- Sahra Wagenknecht, Member of the Bundestag and deputy chairperson of the Left Party
- Omid Nouripour, Member of the Bundestag, (Alliance '90/The Greens)
Moshe Katsav, President of Israel- Dan Halutz, Chief of General Staff
- Shaul Mofaz, Minister of Defense
Golriz Ghahraman, Member of New Zealand Parliament from the 52nd New Zealand Parliament part of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Farah Karimi, Member of the House of Representatives
Mazyar Keshvari, Member of the Storting
Ardalan Shekarabi, Minister for Public Administration- Maryam Yazdanfar, Member of the Riksdag
- Reza Khelili Dylami, Member of the Riksdag
Goli Ameri, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs- Cyrus Amir-Mokri, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions
Cyrus Habib, Member of the Washington House of Representatives- Azita Raji, United States Ambassador to Sweden
- Bob Yousefian, Mayor of Glendale
- Jimmy Delshad, Mayor of Beverly Hills
Economics
In 2000, the Iran Press Service reported that Iranian expatriates had invested between $200 and $400 billion in the United States, Europe, and China, but almost nothing in Iran.[10] In Dubai, Iranian expatriates have invested an estimated $200 billion (2006).[22] Migrant Iranian workers abroad remitted less than two billion dollars home in 2006.[23]
High net-worth individuals
| National ranking | Name | Citizenship | Net worth (USD) | Source(s) of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierre Omidyar |  |
12.9 billion [24] | eBay |
| 2 | Ghermezian family | |
4.0 billion [25] | Triple Five Group |
| 3 | Farhad Moshiri | |
2.8 billion [26] | Metalloinvest, Everton |
| 4 | Nazarian family | |
2.0 billion [27] | Qualcomm |
| 5 | Vincent & Robert Tchenguiz | |
1.4 billion [28][29] | Real Estate |
| 6 | Manny Mashouf | |
1.3 billion [30] | Bebe stores |
| 7 | Merage family | |
1.1 billion [31] | Hot Pockets |
| 8 | Nasser David Khalili | |
1.0 billion [32] | Real Estate |
| 9 | Hassan Khosrowshahi | |
950 million [33] | Future Shop |
| 10 | Omid Kordestani | |
900 million [34] | |
| 11 | Anousheh Ansari | |
750 million [35] | Sonus Networks |
| 12 | Isaac Larian | |
723 million [34] | MGA Entertainment |
| 13 | Arash Ferdowsi | |
400 million [36] | Dropbox |
Expatriate fund
The fund's stated goal is to attract investment from Iranian expatriates and to use their experience in stimulating foreign investments.[37]
Religious affiliation
Some expatriate Iranians consider themselves irreligious, agnostic, or atheist.[38][39][40]
Notes
In the period from 1961 to 2005, the United States has been the main destination of Iranian emigrants. An estimated 378,995 Iranians have immigrated to the United States in that period, where Iranian immigrants have primarily immigrated to California (158,613 Iran-born in 2000),[41] New York (17,323),[41] Texas (15,581),[41] Virginia (10,889),[41] and Maryland (9,733).[41] The Los Angeles Metropolitan Area was estimated to be host to approximately 114,712 Iranian immigrants,[41] earning the Westwood area of Los Angeles the nickname Tehrangeles.
The US Census Bureau's decennial census form does not offer a designation for individuals of Iranian descent, and therefore it is estimated that only a fraction of the total number of Iranians are writing in their ancestry. The 2000 Census Bureau estimates that the Iranian American community (including the US-born children of the Iranian foreign born) numbers around 330,000. Studies using alternative statistical methods have estimated the actual number of Iranian Americans in the range of 691,000 to 1.2 million.[10][42]
See also
- Demography of Iran
- Foreign relations of Iran
- Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran
- Iran's brain drain
- Iranian nationality law
- Tourism in Iran
- Visa requirements for Iranian citizens
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Sources
- Sakurai, Keiko (July 2003), Nihon no Musurimu shakai 日本のムスリム社会 [Japan's Muslim Societies], Chikuma Shobō, ISBN 4-480-06120-7
External links
- History of Iranian diaspora - Encyclopædia Iranica
- Country Profile - Iran Migration Policy Institute (including modern history of Iranian migration)
- Iranian Diaspora in pre-Islamic times
- High Council of Iranians Abroad- "Strengthening the national identity of Iranians outside Iran and to defend their rights, helping the propagation of Persian calligraphy and language, and easing the participation in national security."
- Iranians Abroad - resources and links parstimes.com
- Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB) (non-profit, non-partisan, and non-religious)
- Iranian diaspora - press article (2009)
- Seminar for Iranians Abroad Held in Tehran on August 2010
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