"(2013) found haplogroup R1a in 9.68% (18/186) of a set of samples from Iran, though with a large variance ranging from 0% (0/18) in a sample of Iranians from Tehran to 25% (5/20) in a sample of Iranians from Khorasan and 27% (3/11) in a sample of Iranians of unknown provenance.All Iranian R1a individuals carried the M198 and M17 mutations except one individual in a sample of Iranians from Gilan ("n"=27), who was reported to belong to R1a-SRY1532.2(xM198, M17).