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85,552,000

Unreached

Persecution
Rating

09

Stratus
Index

13

Security
Tier

01

Blackbox Work

  • Medical
  • Evangelism
  • Discipleship

Supporting Since: December 2021

Country
Stats

Source:

Total Population

85,888,000

# of Population in Unreached

85,552,000

# of People Groups

94

# of Unreached People Groups

84

Largest Religion

Islam

% Christian Adherent

1.87%

% Evangelical

0.52%

% Evangelical Annual Growth Rate:

19.60%

People

Ethnic Groups: Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen and Turkic tribes

Languages: Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic

Literacy Rate: 85.5% (2016)

People

Economy

Iran’s economy is marked by statist policies, inefficiencies, and reliance on oil and gas exports, but Iran also possesses significant agricultural, industrial, and service sectors

Economy

Country Profile:

Environment

Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast

Terrain: rugged, mountainous rim; high, central basin with deserts, mountains; small, discontinuous plains along both coasts

Environmental Issues: air pollution, especially in urban areas, from vehicle emissions, refinery operations, and industrial effluents; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; oil pollution in the Persian Gulf; wetland losses from drought; soil degradation (salination); inadequate supplies of potable water; water pollution from raw sewage and industrial waste; urbanization

Environment

Persecution Currently or Potentially Being Experienced:

Physical abuse / beatings

Persecution from family

Financial persecution

Verbal abuse

Blacklisted

Arrests

Imprisonment

Kidnappings

Bribes

Deportation

Destruction of property

Fines

Torture

Murder

Execution

How to Pray

  • Pray for a great harvest resulting from faithful believers sharing bold accounts of their faith.
  • Pray for the church to rapidly multiply and mature despite horrendous persecution against non-Muslim peoples.
  • Pray for Christians to capitalize on unprecedented opportunities to spread the Gospel via Internet, TV, and media despite censorship and limited freedom of the press.
  • Pray for justice to come to great humanitarian crises such as human rights, equal opportunity, water availability, social divisions, and early childhood marriage.