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The Doms of Iran

The Doms of Iran, numbering approximately 112,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group with roots in the Indian subcontinent who migrated west, primarily settling across the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Anatolia, the Caucasus, and parts of Central Asia. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Iranian Persian is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Domari

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: Iran
People Cluster: Domari
Primary Language(s): Iranian Persian (pes)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 112,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042250
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Iranian Persian
Language Family: Indo-European

80%
%
Persian, Iranian Speakers

Media Resources in Iranian Persian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Iranian Persian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
New Millenium Version 2009✓
New Millenium Version 2014✓✓
Today's Persian Version✓✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Iranian Persian bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Doms:
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Pray specifically for the Doms of Iran

And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you."
read1 Samuel 13:13a

Pray that those who are walking in disobedience will recognize their sin and to turn to God.

Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
readIsaiah 55:5

Pray that those who do not know God will access the gospel, run to Him, and discover that He is the one their souls have been longing for.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
readJohn 10:27

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hear God's voice and will have the great assurance that no one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Dom Across Countries (ROP3 - 102682) reported in the following countries:

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9 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DomsPG011494DomsEgypt465,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG042250DomsIran112,000Unengaged and UnreachedIranian PersianSunni Islam
DomsPG011710DomsIraq45,500Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG011838DomsLibya44,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG012205DomsSyria43,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG024575DomsTurkiye38,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG011753DomsIsrael15,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG023964DomsAfghanistan14,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsPG042750DomsJordan12,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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