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Most of the Iranian Parliament is made of Shiites. There are roughly 20 or so Sunni Parliamentarians compared with the roughly 250 Shiite Parliamentarians. There are also roughly 20 or so minority religious members (Armenians, Jews, Zoroastrians, etc.).

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