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We aimed to identify the prevalence of asthma and asthma symptoms in adults living in urban and rural areas of Iran as a populated country with about 80 millions of residents.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This cross\u2010sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of asthma in adults between 20 and 44\u00a0years old in all provinces of Iran. Data were collected by personal interview via a standardized questionnaire [European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS)] between November 2015 and February 2016.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 24\u00a0344 individuals were enrolled. The prevalence of asthma was 8.9% [95% confidence interval (CI): 8.5\u20109.3]. 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Interestingly, there was no significant relationship between asthma and area of residency (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.8).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of asthma in Iran was similar to other Asian and European countries. 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