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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
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Iran
Index
Iranians have a very strong sense of class structure. In the
past they referred to their society as being divided into tiers, or
tabagheh, which were identified by numbers: the first tier
corresponded to the upper classes; the second, to the middle
classes; and the third, to the lower classes. Under the influence
of revolutionary ideology, society is now perceived as being
divided into the wealthy, a term generally prefixed with negative
adjectives; the middle classes; and the mostazafin, a term
that literally means disinherited. In reality, Iranian society has
always been more complex than a three-tier division implies because
each of the three broad classes is subdivided into several social
groups. These divisions have existed in both urban and rural areas.
Data as of December 1987
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