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An organizer reads excerpts from a sacred Zoroastrian text at one of the Kurdistan Region's fire temples in Darbandikhan, Aug. 8, 2019. (Photo: Kurdistan 24/Karwan Yara) A local organization dedicated to the Zoroastrian religion and philosophy on Thursday held a special ceremony at one of the group's fire temples located in the Kurdistan Region.Members of the Basna Organization, whose efforts usually focus on preserving local archaeological sites, performed the rite in Sulaimani province’s town of Darbandikhan.During the event, participants observed a number of the religion's rituals and read some of the faith's texts and core doctrines aloud to attendees. Organizers...

Monday March 01, 2004 7:35 PM Reporting from: Kanoone Sokhan, Los Angeles, CA, USA Reported by: Sadegh Saleh of the “Marze Por Gohar Party” at www.marzeporgohar.org Name of the Speaker: Hoomer Abramian Subject: Religion, Fanaticism and Commonsense ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Abramian lives in Australia. He established “Persian Cultural Foundation of Australia (Bonyad-e Farhang-e Iran, Phone/Fax# +612 98234371). He is born in 1317 H.S. in Hamedan, Iran and is a graduate engineer in building architecture of University in Tehran. After the Revolution he was the head of Iranian Ashourians in Iran. When he moved to Australia in 1998 he started Iranology and...