Irons
(Ирæттæ)

Total population
est. 200,000
Regions with significant populations
Russia  North Ossetia–Alania	est. 100,000
Turkey	unknown
Syria	unknown
Languages
Ossetian: Iron
Religion
Majority: Orthodox Christianity Minority: Uatsdin Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Digor people

The Irons (Iron dialect: Ирон - Iron, pl.: Ирæттæ, Ирон адæм - Irættæ, Iron adæm) are a subgroup of the Ossetians. They speak the Iron dialect of the Eastern Iranian Ossetian language. The majority of Irons profess Russian Orthodoxy. While the Uatsdin faith has also been preserved by a minority of Irons, and a small minority of Irons also profess Sunni Islam, mainly in the lowland villages of North Ossetia.

See also

• Ossetians
• North Ossetia–Alania
• Iron (dialect)

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