of Congress like the Encyclopedia of Islam (Leiden) [13] states Iran's ethnic group as following: Persians 65%, Azeris 16%, Kurds 7%, Lurs 6%, Arabs 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmens 1%, Turkic tribal groups (e.g. Qashqai ) 1%, and non-Persian, non-Turkic groups (e.g. Pashtuns , Armenians , Assyrians , and Georgians ) less