NEW YORK (AP) — Among the world’s present-day religions, Zoroastrianism, founded more than 3,000 years ago, is one of the most ancient and historically influential. Yet even though its adherents ...

Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest living faiths. The ancient theology played a large role in the formation of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and once had millions of followers. But now ...

TEHRAN, Iran – Followers of Iran's minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh — an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran's pre-Islamic past that is also drawing new interest ...

In the Oscar-winning film “Bohemian Rhapsody,” a biopic of Freddie Mercury, his father berates him: “So now the family name is not good enough for you?” “I changed it legally,” Mercury responds. “No ...

This photo from March 2020 shows participants, from left, Zubin Gheesta, Parinaz Navder, trip leader Arzan Sam Wadia, Sheherazad Pavri, Zruvan Chothia, Kayras Irani (bright blue shirt in the front), ...

Iranian Zoroastrian youth carry torches to set fire on an already prepared pile of wood, during the Sadeh festival, an ancient Zoroastrians' feast celebrating the creation of fire, outside the capital ...