Zoroastrianism in Iran - Wikipedia
It is an Iranian religion that emerged around the 2nd millennium BCE, spreading through the Iranian plateau and eventually gaining official status under the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BCE.
Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia
Zoroastrianism (Persian: دین زرتشتی Dīn-e Zartoshtī), also called Mazdayasnā (Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀) or Beh-dīn (بهدین), is an Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zarathushtra Spitama, who is more commonly referred to by the name Zoroaster (Greek: Ζωροάστρις Zōroastris).
How Have Zoroastrians Been Treated in Muslim Iran?
During the next decade’s Iran-Iraq War, Zoroastrian boys were drafted specifically for suicide missions. And while Zoroastrians are constitutionally permitted to provide their youth with a religious education, the curriculum must incorporate state-designed material that denounces non-Muslim faiths and praises the Supreme Leader.
Zoroastrianism | Definition, Beliefs, Founder, Holy Book, & Facts ...
2024年11月18日 · Zoroastrianism, ancient pre-Islamic religion of Iran that survives there in isolated areas and, more prosperously, in India, where the descendants of Zoroastrian Iranian (Persian) immigrants are known as Parsis, or Parsees.
How Iran persecutes its oldest religion - CNN
2011年11月14日 · Until Arabs conquered Iran during the seventh century, Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians there could practice their own devotions unhindered. Thereafter, they became minorities who were...
Zoroastrianism - HISTORY
2018年2月13日 · Zoroastrianism was the state religion of three Persian dynasties, until the Muslim conquest of Persia in the seventh century A.D. Zoroastrian refugees, called Parsis, escaped Muslim persecution...
ZOROASTRIAN RITUALS - Encyclopaedia Iranica
2000年1月1日 · In Iran, shortly after the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79, an outspoken Zoroastrian priest, Mobed Rostam Šāhzādi (1912-2000), made his voice heard at the Assembly of Experts (Majles-e Ḵobragān), where the four acknowledged religious minorities were represented by religious leaders (Sanasarian, 2000, pp. 58-72).
The Genetic Legacy of Zoroastrianism in Iran and India: Insights …
Using powerful haplotype-based techniques, we find that Zoroastrians in Iran and India have increased genetic homogeneity relative to other sampled groups in their respective countries, consistent with their current practices of endogamy.
Zoroastrians in India and Iran | The Pluralism Project
A group of Zoroastrians, known as Parsis, fled to Gujurat, where they developed a cultural identity distinct from Iranian Zoroastrians. Zoroastrians gained acceptance and eventual imperial power in Central Asia, reaching their zenith when Zoroastrianism was established as the state religion of the Sassanian Empire in the 3rd century.
Zoroastrianism Iran's Ancient Religion | Destination Iran
2024年7月9日 · Zoroastrianism or Mazdayasna is one of the persian religions whose followers worship Ahura Mazda, the creator of all good. Sometimes known as “Behdin”, the Zoroastrian religion promotes a dualist doctrine. It attributes existence to the opposition of two forces of good (Ahuramazda) and evil (Angra Mainyu).