Iranians in Germany

Iranian Germans
ایرانیان آلمان
	Distribution of Iranian citizens in Germany (2021)
Total population
	~ 272.000 (German citizens) ; 114,125 (Iranian citizens without German citizenship)
Regions with significant populations
	Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Essen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bonn, Münster, Mainz,Hannover,Braunschweig
Languages
	German, Persian; (Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, and other languages of Iran).
Religion
	Shia Islam, Christianity, Sunni Islam, Judaism, Baháʼí Faith, Zoroastrianism, Irreligion, Atheism, various others
Related ethnic groups
	Iranian diaspora (Iranians of UAE • Ajam of Bahrain • Ajam of Qatar • Ajam of Iraq • 'Ajam of Kuwait • Iranians of Canada • Iranians of America • Iranians of UK • Iranians of Germany • Iranians of Israel • Iranians in Turkey); ; Iranian Peoples (Lurs, Achomis, Baluchs, Kurds, Iranian Azeris), Turkic peoples (Qashqai, Azerbaijanis), Huwala

Iranians in Germany (German: Iraner in Deutschland) include immigrants from Iran to Germany as well as their descendants of Iranian heritage or background. Iranians in Germany are referred to by hyphenated terms such as Iranian-Germans or Persian-Germans.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Similar terms Iranisch Deutsch and Persisches Deutsch, may be found in Germanophone media.^[6]^[7]^[8] In 2022, Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis) estimates that 304,000 people of Iranian background live in Germany. ^[9]

Iranians in Germany have taken a wide range of jobs, from fashion, arts and entertainment to engineering and medicine.^[10]^[11]

Multiple Nationality

Nowadays, most Iranian-Germans have German and Iranian citizenship (multiple nationality).^[12]^[13] Iran almost never frees its citizens from their Iranian citizenship (see Article 989 Iran. Civil Code ^[14]), which is inherited through the father (or descent). The still existing German-Iranian agreement of 1929 ^[15] regulates in no. II of the Final Protocol that government approval is required prior to the naturalization of nationals of the other State.

Demographics

#	City	People
Number of Iranians in larger cities
1.	Hamburg	9,873
2.	Berlin	9,039
3.	Cologne	4,760
4.	Munich	3,792
5.	Bonn	3,341
6.	Düsseldorf	2,962
7.	Frankfurt	2,884
8.	Hanover	2,543
9.	Bremen	2,460
10.	Essen	1,863

By occupation data

Arts

A large number of Iranian artists are working in Germany, some of whom are internationally known. Some of these artists have left Iran for political reasons and some have started their professional activity in Germany.

In music, Navíd Akhavan, Sima Bina, Shirin David, Ramin Djawadi Daryush Shokof, and Shahin Najafi are examples of International success.

Fashion

Shermine Shahrivar, beauty pageant titleholder.

Many Iranian women have achieved international success as fashion models in Germany. Shermine Shahrivar is one of this German models who is a beauty pageant titleholder and won Miss Europe 2005. Germany has been an attractive destination for Iranian female models since 1979.^[16]^[17]

Entertainment

Many Iranian-Germans work in the entertainment sector. Especially Iranian women who have not been able to work in Iran due to social, political or cultural reasons.^[18] Iranian-Germans like Daryush Shokof, Enissa Amani, Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Melika Foroutan, Melissa Khalaj, Narges Rashidi are examples of International success in the entertainment industry.

Politics

Although there are few Iranian-German politicians, they may have a high impact on the people inside Iran. They include Sahra Wagenknecht, Yasmin Fahimi, and Omid Nouripour.

Sports

Considering the status of football in Iran, a number of Persian-Germans became famous football players. Including Sara Doorsoun, Ashkan Dejagah, Daniel Davari, Alexander Nouri and Ferydoon Zandi.^[19]

Science/Academia

The migration of Iranian researchers to Germany has been investigated by the Iranian state media and called "alarming".

Notable Iranians in Germany

References

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^ van den Bos & Achbari 2007, p. 171
^ Lindert et al. 2008, p. 581
^ Ghorashi 2002, pp. 141, 182
^ "First Documentary on "Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva"", Payvand News, 5 January 2009, retrieved 2009-08-20
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^ "Iraniërs debatteren in 'Tehrangeles' – daar wel", Volkskrant, 15 January 2009, retrieved 2009-01-15
^ Bevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Migrationshintergrund im engeren Sinne nach ausgewählten Herkunftsländern
^ "سرمایه ایرانیان خارج از کشور چند هزار میلیارد دلار است؟". مشرق نیوز (in Persian). 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
^ آمار سال ۱۴۰۰ از خوداظهاری ایرانیان آلمان و اروپا (in Persian) (2nd ed.). pp. 3, 4.
^ "Migranten und Migrantinnen - Demografiebericht 2010 Düsseldorf" (PDF). düsseldorf.de. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
^ "Einbürgerung doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft (Hessen, 2000)". bagiv.de. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
^ Iranian Civil Code. On Raahesh-Website
^ Settlement Agreement between the German Reich and the Empire of Persia from 1929
^ "این 5 زن شیک ایرانی مد جهان را تسخیر کردند ! / از لیلا میلانی تا سارا شاهی + عکس ها !". رکنا (in Persian). 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
^ مد و پوشاک در ایران، چاپ دوم (in Persian). 2016. p. 35.
^ ایرانیان روبرو: موفقیت (in Persian). 2022. p. 12.
^ "الکساندر نوری در مسیر دژاگه و زندی؛ مهاجرت معکوس!". فوتبال 360. Retrieved 2023-11-08.

Works cited

Ghorashi, Halleh (2002), Ways to survive, battles to win: Iranian women exiles in the Netherlands and United States, Nova Publishers, ISBN 978-1-59033-552-9
Lindert, Annette; Korzilius, Hubert; van de Vijver, Fons J. R.; Kroon, Sjaak; Arends-Tóth, Judit (2008), "Perceived discrimination and acculturation among Iranian refugees in the Netherlands", International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 32 (6): 578–588, doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2008.09.003, hdl:2066/67619
van den Bos, Matthijs; Achbari, Wahideh (2007), "Cultural migration: Networks of Iranian Organizations in the Netherlands", Migration Letters, 4 (2): 171–181, ISSN 1741-8992