Iran Other Erotic

This residual category covers Iranian populations not enumerated in the other composition rows — approximately 2.9% of the population. Includes Talysh (cross-border with Azerbaijan), Tat (the historic Iranian-language community of the Caspian region), Gilaki, Mazandarani (the Caspian-region Iranian-language sub-populations are sometimes enumerated as distinct from Persian, sometimes as Persian sub-populations — they speak distinct Caspian-Iranian languages but are predominantly enumerated under Persian self-identification), Iranian Jewish (~9,000+, the longest continuous Jewish community globally with documented presence since 6th c. BCE; substantially reduced from ~80,000+ in 1948 through post-1948 emigration to Israel and post-1979 emigration to the United States), Armenian (~150,000+, the historic Armenian community of Tehran, Isfahan, and Tabriz), Iranian Pashtun, Hazara (Afghan refugee population, ~3-4M+ Afghan refugees in Iran of which substantial portions are Hazara), Brahui, plus other smaller groups including the historic Zoroastrian (Parsi) community of Yazd and Kerman regions (~25,000 in Iran, plus the larger Indian Parsi diaspora separately).