Islam is currently the official religion of Iran as it has been since the Islamic conquest of Persia in 651 as the decline of Zoroastrianism. Iran is an Islamic republic and started April 1, 1979 after the Iranian Revolution which was a period of just over a year of demonstrations overthrowing Shāh Mohammed Rezā Pahlavi. Muslims and the other prevalent religions Judaism and Christianity are protected and represented by 5 seats in Parlament. Unrecognized religions are outlawed and conversion to another faith from Islam is also prohibited. Crimes committed against Muslims from non-Muslims are punished more severely than the same crime committed by a Muslims to a Muslim. Additionally, based on the seats held in the Iranian Parlament Iran is strongly conservative based on the 195 out of 290 seats held, with 51 held by reformists, 39 by independents, and 5 by religious minorities.
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