Zoroastrian In Iran
- 2007-09-23
- in Afghanistan
Zoroaster, the prophet, was born approximately 4,000 BC in what is now known as Azerbaijan province. After the Arab invasion of Iran in the 7th century A.D. and the forceful conversion of the Persians to Islam, Zoroastrianism ceased to exist.
The biggest Zoroastrian communities are living today in the cities of Yazd, Kerman and Tehran in Iran as well as in parts of India. If it were not for these small groups of people Zoroaster would have lost their identity and total entity. Today Zoroastrianism is known as the official religion of Persian Empire. As a faith it has started to flourish once again.