Iranian diaspora

The nation of Iran has experienced since 1979. The government has proposed the creation of a ministry of immigration following reports indicating critical emigration statistics, largely driven by political instability and economic sanctions. == Statistics by country ==

Nearly 60 percent of Iranians abroad have earned at least an undergraduate degree. They have some of the highest rates of self-employment among immigrant groups. Many have founded their own companies, including Isaac Larian, the founder of MGA Entertainment, and Pierre Omidyar, who founded eBay in 1995 in San Jose, California. Iranian households in the United States earned on average $87,288 annually as of 2018, and are ranked ninth by income. ==Students abroad==

According to the Iranian government, 55,686 Iranian students were studying abroad in 2013: 8,883 studied in Malaysia, 7,341 in the United States, 5,638 in Canada, 3,504 in Germany, 3,364 in Turkey, 3,228 in Britain, and the rest in other countries. The Iranian Ministry of Education estimated that between 350,000 and 500,000 Iranians were studying outside Iran as of 2014. ==Politics==

In the Swedish parliament, Riksdag, after the 2022 elections, 3.4% of all incumbent seats were of people with Iranian heritage scattered in different parties. This amounts to 12 seats, the smallest party in the same Riksdag held 16 seats. • : Hrant Markarian, Chairman of Armenian Revolutionary Federation • : Sam Dastyari, Former Senator • : Seema Kennedy, Former Member of the House of Commons • : Haleh Afshar, Member of the House of Lords • : David Alliance, Member of the House of Lords • , : Amir Khadir, Former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec • , : Reza Moridi, Former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario • , : Goldie Ghamari, Former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario • : Majid Jowhari, Member of the Parliament of Canada • : Ali Ehsassi, Member of the Parliament of Canada • : Pouria Amirshahi, Former Member of the French National Assembly • : Mahmoud Khayami, founder of Iran Khodro • : Pierre Omidyar, investigative journalist for Honolulu Civil Beat and First Look Media, also founder of eBay • : Patrick Ali Pahlavi, member of the Pahlavi dynasty • : Yasmin Fahimi, Head of the German Trade Union Confederation • : Sahra Wagenknecht, Member of the Bundestag and founder of BSW • : Omid Nouripour, Member of the Bundestag, (Alliance '90/The Greens) • : Moshe Katsav, Former President of Israel • : Dan Halutz, Former Chief of General Staff • : Shaul Mofaz, Former Minister of Defense • : Ahmed Lari, Member of National Assembly of Kuwait • : Hassan Jawhar, Member of National Assembly of Kuwait • : Jenan Boushehri, Member of National Assembly of Kuwait • : Golriz Ghahraman, Former Member of New Zealand Parliament • : Farah Karimi, Member of the Senate, Former Member of the House of Representatives • : Masud Gharahkhani, President of the Storting • : Mazyar Keshvari, Former Member of the Storting • : Romina Pourmokhtari, current Minister for the Environment • : Parisa Liljestrand, current Minister for Culture • : Nooshi Dadgostar, Leader of the Left Party • : Ardalan Shekarabi, Member of the Riksdag, former Minister for Social Security and Minister for Civil Service Affairs • : Hanif Bali, Municipal politician, political commentator and Former Member of the Riksdag • : Ali Esbati, Member of the Riksdag • : Maryam Yazdanfar, Former Member of the Riksdag • : Reza Khelili Dylami, Former Member of the Riksdag • : Alireza Akhondi, Member of the Riksdag • : Rashid Farivar, Member of the Riksdag • : Arin Karapet, Armenian-Iranian member of the Riksdag • : Nima Gholam Ali Pour, Member of the Riksdag • : Laila Naraghi, Member of the Riksdag • : Azadeh Rojhan Gustafsson, Member of the Riksdag • : Goli Ameri, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs • : Cyrus Amir-Mokri, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions • : Yassamin Ansari, U.S. representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district • : Jimmy Delshad, Former Mayor of Beverly Hills, California • , : Cyrus Habib, Former Member of the Washington House of Representatives • : Azita Raji, Former United States Ambassador to Sweden • : Bob Yousefian, Former Mayor of Glendale ==Economics==

In 2000, the Iran Press Service reported that Iranian expatriates had invested between $200 and $400 billion in the United States, Europe, and China, but almost nothing in Iran. Migrant Iranian workers abroad remitted less than two billion dollars home in 2006. High net-worth individuals Expatriate fund The fund's stated goal is to attract investment from Iranian expatriates and to use their experience in stimulating foreign investments. ==Religious affiliation==

Members of the Iranian diaspora are considered to be mostly secular. The majority of them do not take fundamental Islamic rituals, such as daily prayers or fasting, and have largely embraced Western secularism. According to a 2008 survey by the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), 42% of Iranian Americans identified as Muslim, 9% as Christian, 6% as Jewish, 5% as Zoroastrian, 7% as Baháʼí, and 31% as other or non-religious. A 2012 national telephone survey of a sample of 400 Iranian-Americans, commissioned by the PAAIA and conducted by Zogby Research Services, asked the respondents what their religions were. The responses broke down as follows: Muslim 31%, atheist/realist/humanist 11%, agnostic 8%, Baháʼí 7%, Jewish 5%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 2%, Zoroastrian 2%, "Other" 15%, and "No response" 15%. The survey had a cooperation rate of 31.2%. ==Notes==