National and religious minorities and their impact on the strength of the political system in Iran

Abstract

This study examines the situation of minorities in Iran, the national minorities that include Turk, Kurds, Arabs and Baluchs, religious minorities that include Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Sabean Mandaean, Baha'i, and other minorities, In order to reveal the historical presence of these minorities in Iran and their interaction with the Persian majority, and its impact on the events that made the history of modern Iran, and the Iranian political system negatively or positively, and found that these minorities had a significant impact on the political system, Religious minorities are ineffective in the present and future of the regime and the state, but the presence of national minorities that feel marginalized and demand their rights will constitute a time bomb in the future that will destabilize the political system if it is dealt with in a way that guarantees their loyalty to the state and cut off foreign intervention in feeding the separatist movements of these minorities Which is located on the outskirts of the state and has extensions with neighboring countries, except for the Turkish minority, which actively participate in support of the Iranian political system