Editing Christianity in Iran (section)

== Major denominations ==

[[File:Baptistère kelisa-e-vank esfahan.jpg|thumb|right|The Armenian Orthodox [[Vank Cathedral]] of Isfahan (completed 1664) is a relic of the [[Safavid]] era.]]
A number of [[Christian denomination]]s are represented in [[Iran]]. Many members of the larger and older [[Church (building)|churches]] belong to minority ethnic groups, with the [[Iranian Armenians|Armenians]] and [[Assyrians in Iran|Assyrians]] having their own distinctive culture and language. The members of the newer and smaller churches are drawn both from the traditionally Christian ethnic minorities and [[Conversion to Christianity|converts from a non-Christian background]].

The main Christian churches in Iran are:

* [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] (between 110,000,<ref>{{Cite news |title=In Iran, 'crackdown' on Christians worsens |newspaper=Christian Examiner |location=Washington D.C. |date=April 2009 |url=http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Apr09/Art_Apr09_23.html |access-date=1 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000642/http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Apr09/Art_Apr09_23.html |archive-date=31 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 250,000,<ref name=Farsinet>{{cite web |last=Price |first=Massoume |title=History of Christians and Christianity in Iran |work=Christianity in Iran |publisher=FarsiNet Inc. |date=December 2002 |url=http://www.farsinet.com/iranbibl/christians_in_iran_history.html |access-date=1 December 2009 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225125906/http://www.farsinet.com/404.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and 300,000<ref>{{Cite news |title=In Iran, 'crackdown' on Christians worsens |newspaper=Christian Examiner |location=Washington D.C. |date=April 2009 |url=http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Apr09/Art_Apr09_23.html |access-date=19 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000642/http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Apr09/Art_Apr09_23.html |archive-date=31 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> adherents)
* [[Assyrian Church of the East]] (about 11,000–20,000 adherents),<ref name="Christians 2015. p. 9" /><ref name=OW />
* [[Catholic Church in Iran|Catholic Church]] (about 21,380 adherents) in three different [[Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites|rites]].<ref name=OW />
** [[Chaldean Catholic Church]] (3,900 adherents as of 2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/rite/dch2.html |title=Current Chaldean Dioceses |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org |access-date=20 July 2016 |archive-date=5 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905135550/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/rite/dch2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Armenian Catholic Church]] and [[Latin Church]]
* [[Assyrian Evangelical Church]] [[Presbyterian]]
* [[Assyrian Pentecostal Church]] [[Pentecostal]] 
* [[Jama'at-e Rabbani|Jamaʿat-e Rabbani]] (Iranian [[Assemblies of God]])
* [[Diocese of Iran|Anglican Diocese of Iran]]
According to [[Operation World]], there are between 7,000 and 15,000 members and adherents of the various [[Protestantism|Protestant]], [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]], and other minority Christian denominations in Iran.<ref name="OW">{{cite web|url=https://operationworld.org/locations/iran/|title=Iran|access-date=26 August 2021|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714130315/https://operationworld.org/locations/iran/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 2016 census, the Statistical Center of Iran reported there were 117,700 Christians in the country;<ref name=US2022>[https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/iran/ US State Dept 2022 report]</ref> other reports put the figure at over half a million people. 

The "Country Information and Guidance: Christians and Christian Converts, Iran" report published in December 2014 by the [[Home Office|U.K. Home Office]] states that there were 370,000 Christians in Iran.<ref name="Christians 2015. p. 9" />