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Zoroastrians make Iran pilgrimage

BBC News
Thursday, 17 June, 2004

Members of Iran's dwindling Zoroastrian community are making their annual pilgrimage to the temple in the rocky mountain of Chakchak.

It is believed the last Zoroastrian princess sheltered from the Muslims in a cave on Chakchak in AD640.

The faith was founded in about 600BC by the Persian prophet Zarathustra who believed he had seen visions of a God he called Ahura Mazda.

Zoroastrian rule was driven out of modern-day Iran by the Muslim Arab invasion 1400 years ago.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3816297.stm

23 posted on 06/17/2004 4:51:00 PM PDT by F14 Pilot (John ''Fedayeen" sKerry - the Mullahs' regime candidate)

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