MUMBAI: In the late 15th century, around 700 years after they first arrived in India, a Parsi from Gujarat, Nariman Hoshang, ...

The Iranian government continues to persecute religious minorities, including groups supposedly given special recognition by the country’s constitution: Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians.

Near Ferdouzi street, in the south of the capital, sits one of the largest and most emblematic religious complexes of the Zoroastrian minority scattered across Iran. Daily services are held in the ...

Mumbai: The head of Iran's Zoroastrian community, Dr. Mehraban Puladi, is on a religious and cultural tour in India. On Monday, he visited the three-century-old Bhikha Behram well at Churchgate ...

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A Franciscan of Belgian origin, he received the cardinal's red hat on 7 December during the last consistory. The Iranian ...

There are still significant Zoroastrian communities all over the world, especially in the religion's homeland, Iran. Indeed, the Islamic Republic today guarantees reserved seats in its parliament ...

As an ancient Persian festival with Zoroastrian roots, it stands in stark contrast to the fundamentalist version of Islam enforced by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his allies.