Parsis: The Zoroastrians Of India
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The Dilemma of Iran and US relations
Historically, a mass exodus of Iranians from the greater Persian plateau has occurred presumably for fear of religious persecution, by people of the Zoroastrian faith emigrating to Gujarat and Mumbai, India. From the mid-19th century, Iranians of mostly Assyrian and Armenian (Christian), Baha’i, Jewish and Zoroastrian faiths, have sporadically emigrated to the west, including the US. It was not until 1979 that the new government with its fundamental socio-political changes caused the most recent mass exodus of three million from all walks of life comprised mainly of Moslem faith; one million are in the US alone.
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I just pray that the old civilizations structures in Iran are not left in total ruins when Civilized countries start taking their fears and convert them in to wars where man & propery is destroyed beyond imagination like it happened in Afghanstan ( Old Buddhist statues) in Iraq recently
I just pray that the old civilizations structures in Iran are not left in total ruins when Civilized countries start taking their fears and convert them in to wars where man & propery is destroyed beyond imagination like it happened in Afghanistan ( Old Buddhist statues)and as in Iraq recently