Iron people

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Irons

Ир, Ирæттæ / Ir, Irættæ
Total population
est. 200,000
Regions with significant populations
Russia  North Ossetia–Alania	est. 100,000
Turkey	unknown
Syria	unknown
Languages
Iron (East Ossetian), Russian, Turkish
Religion
Majority: Orthodox Christianity Minority: Uatsdin Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Digor people

The Irons (East Ossetian: Ирон Iron, pl.: Ир Ir, Ирӕттӕ Irættæ; West Ossetian: Ирон Iron, pl.: Ирӕ Irӕ, Ирӕнттӕ Irænttæ) 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.