Zoroastrians

Goshtasb Belivani (right) an Iranian Zoroastrian priest reads prayers from Avesta (holy book) with other pilgrims inside the Fire Temple of Pir-e Sabz in the village of Chak Chak near the city of Ardakan in Yazd province about 795Km (495 Miles) southeast of Tehran, Iran on June 17, 2007. Each year from June 14-18 thousands of Zoroastrians and Parsis from India gather at this location for a religious ceremony. Zoroastrian is Iran's oldest monotheistic faith where fire is symbolic of purity...
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Goshtasb Belivani (right) an Iranian Zoroastrian priest reads prayers from Avesta (holy book) with other pilgrims inside the Fire Temple of Pir-e Sabz in the village of Chak Chak near the city of Ardakan in Yazd province about 795Km (495 Miles) southeast of Tehran, Iran on June 17, 2007. Each year from June 14-18 thousands of Zoroastrians and Parsis from India gather at this location for a religious ceremony. Zoroastrian is Iran's oldest monotheistic faith where fire is symbolic of purity and is burnt in each temple. document IRAN/Mohammad Kheirkhah
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