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| group = Iranian Assyrians
| image = File:Persiansyriansa.JPG
| caption = Iranian Assyrians from [[SanandajUrmia]], Iran
| pop = 20,000 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/iran/|publisher=U.S. Department of State 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom: Iran|title=Iran}}</ref>
| popplace = {{center|[[Tehran]], [[West Azerbaijan Province]] ([[Urmia County|Urmia]], [[Salmas County|Salmas]]), [[Sanandaj]]}}
| languages = [[Neo-Aramaic]] and [[Persian language|Persian]]
| religions = [[Syriac Christianity]]
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'''Assyrians in Iran''' ({{lang-syr|ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܕܐܝܼܪܵܢ}}),; ({{lang-fa|آشوریان ایران}}), or '''Iranian Assyrians''', are an [[ethnic]] and linguistic [[minority group|minority]] in present-day [[Iran]]. The [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] of Iran speak [[Assyrian Neo-Aramaic]], a [[neo-Aramaic language]] descended from the eastern dialects of the old [[SyriacAramaic language|Classical Syriac]] andwith elements of [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]], and are [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Rite Christians]] belonging mostly to the [[Assyrian Church of the East]] and also to the [[Ancient Church of the East]], [[Assyrian Pentecostal Church]], [[Chaldean Catholic Church]] and [[Assyrian Evangelical Church]].{{sfnp|Hooglund|2008|pp=100–101}}
 
They share a common history and ethnic identity, rooted in shared linguistic, cultural and religious traditions, with [[Assyrians in Iraq]], [[Assyrians in Turkey]] and [[Assyrians in Syria]], as well as with the [[Assyrian diaspora]].{{sfnp|Hooglund|2008|pp=100–101}}
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* [[Ashurbanipal Babilla]], actor, theatre director, playwright and visual artist
* [[Steven Beitashour]], [[MLS]] player
* Patrick Bet-David, entrepreneur, author and YouTuber
* [[George Bit Atanus]], designed the current [[Assyrian flag]] in 1968.
* [[Bukhtishu]] family, famous physicians in the Middle Ages
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* ''[[Da'tid Bahrana]]''
* ''[[Urmia Orthodokseta]]''
* [[Arameans in Iran]]
 
==Notes==