Iranian Armenians, Jews and Bahai: social and cultural problems of their development

Occupation: Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Moscow, Russian Federation

Journal name

Asia and Africa Today

Edition

Issue 1

Pages

25-31

Abstract

The article analyses the problems of ethno-confessional minorities in modern Iran in the context of Iranian leadership’s policy (primarily of the Islamic Republic of Iran) in social and cultural spheres. Three communities of modern Iran has are the object of the study - Armenian, Jewish and Bahбн. Their example is an attempt to show the processes taking place within these communities including under the influence of external factors as well as the general and local in the relation to them by the Iranian authorities. The article shows that Iranian Armenians and Jews as the ethno-religious minorities are in a much more advantageous position than the confessional minority - Bahai. Iranian Armenians and Jews living among the Moslems who constitute the absolute majority of Iran’s population on the one hand tend and have to assimilate with them and on the other try to preserve their national, cultural and religious traditions inside the community. As for Bahai they are still absolutely deprived of their rights and largely isolated in the Iranian society in spite of the fact that they are ethnic Iranians. To improve the situation in the context of Iranian Bahai it is necessary to improve their relations with the Moslems and most likely to recognize the Bahai faith as an autonomous religion.

Keywords

Iran, ethno-confessional minority, Iranian Armenians, Jewish community, Bahai of Iran, Islamic revolution, discrimination

Received

05.03.2020

Publication date

05.03.2020

Number of characters

29547

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GOST	Kameneva M. Iranian Armenians, Jews and Bahai: social and cultural problems of their development // Asia and Africa Today – 2020. – Issue 1 C. 25-31 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://asaf-today.ru/S032150750008161-9-1 (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032150750008161-9
MLA	Kameneva, Marina S. "Iranian Armenians, Jews and Bahai: social and cultural problems of their development." Asia and Africa Today 1 (2020):25-31. DOI: 10.31857/S032150750008161-9
APA	Kameneva M. (2020). Iranian Armenians, Jews and Bahai: social and cultural problems of their development. Asia and Africa Today (1), pp.25-31 DOI: 10.31857/S032150750008161-9

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