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Iranians in Germany
Ashkan DejagahNossrat PeseschkianHamid AkhavanMehrzad MarashiSoraya Esfandiary Bakhtiary Fereydoun Farrokhzad
Regions with significant populations
Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main
Languages
German, Persian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Luri (See languages of Iran)
Religion
Shia Islam, Atheism, Sunni Islam, Christianity, Agnosticism, Zoroastrianism and the Bahá'í Faith

Iranians in Germany include immigrants from Iran to Germany as well as their descendants of Iranian heritage or background. There are 100.000[1] to 120.000[2] ethnic Iranians living in Germany. With around 25,000 people of Iranian descent, Hamburg is the main center of the Iranian diaspora.[1].

There is a considerable number of notable Iranians in each of the following categories who live and work in Germany:

Academia/Science

Arts/Entertainment

Business/technology

Literature

Media/journalism

Music

Personalities

Politics

Sports

See also

References

  1. ^ a b SCHWERPUNKT: Iraner in Deutschland
  2. ^ a b Zuwanderung und Integration
  3. ^ de:Pegah Ferydoni
  4. ^ "We are ashamed!", Iranian.com, 2009-02-04