Iran Islam. Iran a mountainous arid and ethnically diverse country of southwestern Asia The heart of the Persian empire of antiquity Iran has long played an important role in the region as an imperial power and as a factor in superpower rivalries Modern Iranian culture owes itself in part to a renaissance in the 8th century.
Religion in Iran has been shaped by multiple religions and sects over the course of the country’s historyZoroastrianism was the main followed religion during the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC) the Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD) and the Sasanian Empire (224–651 AD) In 651 AD the Rashidun Caliphate conquered Persia and spread Islam as the main religion.
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