The Faravahar is arguably the best-known symbol of the Persian Zoroastrian faith. This symbol consists of a winged disc with a man emerging from it. The man is shown holding a ring. Whilst the symbol ...

Wearing a Faravahar locket, a Zoroastrian symbol of a guardian spirit, would be considered haraam by the Muslim community globally. But that's not the case in Iran — the world's largest Shia Muslim ...

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DOHUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Carefully tucking his Farvahar pendant under his shirt, Aram Mehdi reminds himself of the core Zoroastrian principles it represents: good words, good thoughts and good deeds.

They are Zoroastrians, but they don’t worship Zorro. And even though their name for god is Ahura Mazda, it has nothing to do with Captain Kirk’s communications officer or small sports cars. “And we ...

They are Zoroastrians, but they don’t worship Zorro. And even though their name for god is Ahura Mazda, it has nothing to do with Captain Kirk’s communications officer or small sports cars. “And we ...

Only three families live under old thatched-roof houses in the small village of Cham. A dusty narrow road runs through the middle of the village and past the pomegranate gardens. One of the many ...

Carefully tucking his Farvahar pendant under his shirt, Aram Mehdi reminds himself of the core Zoroastrian principles it represents: good words, good thoughts and good deeds. By Charlotte Bruneau and ...