Iran hosts a variety of different ethnicities and languages. In Iranian society, there is a prevalent sense of social cohesion in which the various ethnic groups of the country, including the Lurs, Mazandaranis, Kurds, Azeris, Balochs, Gilaks, Semnanis etc, are not considered minorities, but are instead regarded as integral parts of the majority of the Iranian population and identity, with the lingua franca in the country among groups being Persian.
Iran hosts a variety of different ethnicities and languages. In Iranian society, there is a prevalent sense of social cohesion in which the various ethnic groups of the country, including the Lurs, Mazandaranis, Kurds, Azeris, Balochs, Gilaks, Semnanis etc, are not considered minorities, but are instead regarded as integral parts of the majority of the Iranian population and identity, with the lingua franca in the country among groups being Persian.
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