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Which branch of Islam is Iran's official state religion?
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The official state religion of Iran is the Ithnā ʿAsharī, or Twelver, branch of Shiʿi Islam. This branch of Islam is central to the country's theocratic government, which was established following the 1979 Iranian Revolution.123