Talk:Kurds in Iran

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Majority religion among Kurds
So, I prematurely changed the majority religion to Sunni Islam because I genuinely believed that was true. Nonetheless, two of the three references for Shia Islam being the largest denomination are problemic: One is dead (ghatreh.com) and the second one is an interview of an International affairs expert who sounds like a regime parrot ("The separatist Kurds do not represent the majority of Iraqi Kurds"). Not sure how reliable he is.

Contrarily, through a quick look, we have:
 * Ezzatyar, The Last Mufti of Iranian Kurdistan, 2016: "The majority of Iran's Kurds today are of the Shafi'i, Sunni religious tradition." (p. 29)
 * Britannica (a bit implicit here): "Kurds also felt strong assimilationist pressure from the national government in Iran and endured religious persecution by that country’s Shiʿi Muslim majority."
 * Iranicaonline: "Most Kurds are Sunnis..." in article title "Iran v. Peoples of Iran'.

If no one objects to it, I believe the infobox should state that Sunni Islam is the majority religion among these Kurds. --Semsûrî (talk) 19:13, 22 April 2020 (UTC)


 * I'd rather not get involved in this. The first source is by a "lawyer and US diplomat"? https://www.pacificcouncil.org/about/network/profile/ali-ezzatyar Not very reliable, surely we can find more qualifed work? And Britannica is not reliable. Iranica is obviously reliable though. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:18, 22 April 2020 (UTC)


 * There's also Oxford professor Koohi-Kamali (p. 187) and Kurdologist Van Bruinessen ([https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/33181864/Bruinessen_Religion_in_Kurdistan.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DReligion_in_Kurdistan.pdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIATUSBJ6BAAN7CAYT7%2F20200423%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20200423T073411Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEC8aCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQDr1p%2FPQGJfDIp0xJXW0IXZnsu56yBawYognis0m7znegIgewTFww7PSPNGeHcUAsL4cAfg2SUNXHu6svcoCVxJ5WAqtAMIWBAAGgwyNTAzMTg4MTEyMDAiDEr%2BKOpgQqOIRorQliqRA%2FRYfLznqVuJAFDZ9PRCIIkwaC0YG2xmtAWnheElMHplJxmpRH2JtVfA7xzvlv8pmy1m%2BIFOjX0W2GpTwUn4BVkFEKSQgVWtNaF7yuBS7ebG0EI2%2B93ubaZYGx4FSwbCxuzY8drclqDAbNe14KbKAKsuScfafvKnxxs95OJKaACi84HKP2I%2BpovDI%2Fo%2FbwUHzq6rCeByYKgvmni7ktqvx33USQYLuQbK8%2BTKocTjRsi7K3D9j54EC2OIjsCnkM2HjJGtfqMHy0MN0wNHDAQ6BHUIwBLScG1UmzkDmbs8iFc43uMz6aRIl6Vo2XOdSqr4aYYIn35qZIY5ZKRqvagXS8BS4xRMo%2FBSDPIwKHKOMxBnwIBY8aulnAeFUYMaJhWHbs6Iw%2Fw9%2B1deex9VkPLDQdhCXQMBZ9U%2BW8An2uGzh4Wc%2FOmlyBQaSNLDi6FP1GngzqzgCOJvs1oKHz4iVv2APc%2Bm%2BP%2Bd5yLxBXFoHkvRxC2Rh5g%2FZ%2B%2FLhp52nudB5yHykuaktLPVJITvY9bsoRh9ik17MKHyhPUFOusBWDpDcQRvUB7gty19nTiAnyfPp9wNo3b7Y864aJwOPOrGgjrCwUDPs9FVfhEcU1ASNXW3OxHFkgGxtPG0ENHxfF44HSt%2FTWIzqfkyZg6THjZq%2BDhc7bY5E0821dm577xRpN7rmCKNLsZxQEzcacg8KSFETlUrGSu4FvSi8TVkPW19j9aH2y3R27itHX4ZkGtMbVLugDg0o8kFAUmdODJlbG7f%2F4V228roRoIwBT%2BS2js2w%2FZ%2Bkmukird1QrUbywz2IeTE0N6NLgqhFYPxBQo4Mu4ZOqP7gK7vhVaCBWiEpvb6YBzmSIG027nQyw%3D%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=6a1ecdb0179bf5e56333fb34da46cd4e980a3eb706661b9970008093e988f139 p. 3]). I don't see why the Iranicaonline shouldn't be enough though. --Semsûrî (talk) 07:39, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
 * First source is by a "Professor of Economics", his expertise seems to be related to economy, not sure how reliable it is in this case, should be taken to the reliable noticeboard I guess. I can't open the second link. Also, there is still a source supports a Shia majority, what do you want to do with that? --HistoryofIran (talk) 15:54, 23 April 2020 (UTC)


 * A solution, if there is an actual disagreement whether Shia or Sunni is more predominant, could be to just remove terms like 'majority' and 'minority'. Or explicitly mention the divergence (which I've seen mentioned in another article). --Semsûrî (talk) 16:10, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Seems like a decent solution. --HistoryofIran (talk) 16:13, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 22 September 2022
The Ardalan tribe is one of the largest Kurdish tribes by population and yet, is missing from this list. We are descendants of the Ardalan vassaldom and are situated largely in the Kordestan Province and especially surrounding the provincial capital city of Sanandaj all the way to Marivan and onwards towards Sulaymaniyah in Iraq. Many people from Sananadaj identify as Ardalan Kurds even though they are often confused with neighbouring Jaff Kurds. Please add a box for Ardalans if you can, thank you. We are still a contemporary tribe of Kurdish people today. 134.153.196.184 (talk) 19:16, 22 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Do you have more information on this? Ardalan is linked in the 'See also' section. SWinxy (talk) 18:32, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 2 August 2023
Hi, the following tribes need to be added to this list. Please see this link: http://www.zazaki.net/haber/the-kurds-in-khorasan,-north-east-of-iran-1376.htm

This data is more inclusive of the Khorasan Kurds and new pages need to be created for the main tribes mentioned. I have more resources on the Zafaranlu and Topkanlu tribes. Please reach out if you need that information. Zafaranlu (talk) 18:43, 2 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.
 * Source given is a blog, which is generally unacceptable as WP:SELFPUBLISHED.
 * Also your request is not specific enough. Which tribes to specifically add? What else to say about them? See WP:EDITXY for examples. Xan747 (talk) 19:20, 3 August 2023 (UTC)