Iranian Kazakhs
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 5,000 in the city of Gorgan, approx. 10,000 spread through the rest of the Iran | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Persian, Kazakh | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Sunni majority, Shia minority) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Azerbaijanis, Hazaras, Turkmens, Uzbeks |
Iranian Kazakhs live mainly in the Golestan Province in Northern Iran. In 1982, there were 3,000 Kazakhs living in Iran in the city of Gorgan. The number of Iranian Kazakhs might have been slightly higher, because many of them returned to Kazakhstan after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, from where they had immigrated to Iran after the Bolshevik October Revolution (1917).
Currently, the city of Gorgan contains 5,000 ethnic Kazakhs, who speak Kazakh and Persian on varying levels.