On Oct 13th coincided with Hafez' Day,a special program was held in Hafez Hall in city of Shiraz by the lovers of this poet.The program was consisted of variety of sections such as intoning poems by poets namely Master Paymard,Dr.Khales,MasterMansoor Ouji,Shapoor Pasavand ,Master Yadolla Tarami and many more.
Manekji Limji Hateria,Pashootanji Dosobay Marker,Mirza Soroosh Lohrasb,,Keykhosro Khosraviani(Rasti),Keykhosro Diniyar Khosraviani and Jamshid Khodarahmwere the pioneers who have taken effective steps forward for the improvement of Iranian Zoroastrian community at their own time.
Gahambar pays tribute to the six phases, which are related to the creation of the world. The celebration of the festival continues for more than five day and involves lots of enjoyment and fanfare.
If you have gone to the Seti pir shrine in the recent months, you might have noticed that the reconstruction of this holy shrine, which faced some criticisms, had stopped
But the Zoroastrians who attended this holy shrine in the Ashtad Izad day in month Mehr probably noticed that the reconstruction has restarted from inside and outside of the Asadan castle and a good trend has also been taken.
On Oct.8th Yazdi Zoroastrians celebrated Childrens' Day in Markar Campus the same as the people all over the world.Children lovers gathered from 8:30 in the campus.Many families have come there accompanying their kids in order to have fun.
The Zoroastrian Mountaineering Team consists of Mr. Turaj Bastani , Kambiz Mandegaryian and Mehrdad Dehmobed from Tehran Mr. Allahverdi Behmard and Shahrokh Bastani from Yazd , ascended the kolonchin - The highest peak of Zard-kooh (4221 m) on Mehr 8th (September 30th ).
The Mehrgan was celebrated in Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Karaj and all Zoroastrians settling places of Yazd, with different programs and meetings.
A group of Zoroastrians beside visiting Cyrus Cylinder,celebrated Mehregan,by their presence in Iran national museum.On Saturday afternoon,October 2nd ,Dr.EsfandyarEkhtyari,ZoroastrianIranians' member of parliament,Dr. Mobed Ardeshir Khorshidian,the head of Tehran's mobeds association,Dr.Gorji,a representive from Iran national museum's head and Dr.Daryush Akbarzadeh, an expert of Iran museum made speech in a gathering planned in the theater of Iran National Museum .
On Sunday night Mehr 11th the existing and new members of Yaneshvaran-e-Mantrah association celebrated the fourteenth year of the establishment of the only Zoroastrian youth community in Yazd .this ceremony started with holding a Gahan-Bar by Mobedyar Afarin reciting.
The first day of the month Mehr coincided with Sept.23rd is the formal beginning of the academic year in Iran.In Zoroastrian cities like Tehran,Yazd,Kerman and some other cities ,there are reputed schools whose founders have been Zoroastrian benevolents and after so many years are still the education lovers'host.
