Posted on 06/24/2005 9:40:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Recent archeological excavations in Sabzevar have led to the discovery of an ancient fire temple and a number of other edifices in the area... The discovery of quadric-arch known as ’Demon House’ in Reyvand village (in Bashtin) had earlier discarded the possibility that the fire temple was located in Sabzevar. Archeologists contended that this quadric-arch monument was an undecorated stone building, observed Mohammad Abdollah-Zadeh Sani, an archeologist based in Sabzevar... The ruins of a Zoroastrian temple have also been identified... Azar-Barzin Mehr is one of three important fire temples belonging to the Sassanid era and was used by farmers and villagers.
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I hope that the Guardian Council won't raze it.
That remains a possibility, but in the meantime, it's a hopeful sign that the GC is slowly losing its grip on control, and the Iranians are defying its power at every step.
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