Yes, very. How sad the historical story. Once the religion of Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes and the Persian Empire.. now only 30,000 inside the country, and probably less than 130,000 worldwide.
"Yes, very. How sad the historical story. Once the religion of Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes and the Persian Empire.. now only 30,000 inside the country, and probably less than 130,000 worldwide."
I made friends with a man of this faith. He was from Bombay, held a Masters in Languages, and was a Chartered Accountant.
The Shah invited these Persian people to return, which is what my friend did. He worked for a major US construction firm in Tehran. He met a woman (of their faith) in Tehran, and married.
He was taken out of Iran, during the mullah takeover, the same as Americans, Brits, other westerners.
As a citizen of the British Commonwealth, he would be able to reside in Britain or Canada, for sure. However he got a Green Card, and has become a US citizen.
They are shrinking in number, because they marry only within the faith.
When islam took over Persia, they fled to India/Pakistan (and a few apparently remained, hence the article).
Back in 1980, he stated nobody was safe, under islam, in Iran. Since then, I have met Iranian Christians, Jews and Bahai that always confirmed that view.