Dokument #1212287
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The attached sections of The New
Encyclopedia Britannica and Iran: A Country Study
provide information on the Zartusht religion (Zoroastrianism).
With the exception of the attached BBC
report, sources consulted by the DIRB do not provide information on
the status of Zoroastrians in Iran in 1994-95.
A representative of the Iranian Association
of Toronto stated that, in different languages, "Zartusht,"
"Zarathushtra" and "Zoroaster" are all the names of the prophet of
Zoroastrianism who established that religion in Iran a few thousand
years ago. Zoroastrianism is also known as the Zartusht
(Zarathustra) religion (ibid.).
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 13 July
1994. "Armenian and Zoroastrian Clergy Condemn MKO, Profess Freedom
of Worship." (NEXIS)
Iran: A Country Study. 1989. Ed.
Helen Chapin Metz. Washington, DC: The Department of the Army, p.
129.
The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 1989. 15th ed. Vol. 12. Edited by Philip W. Goetz. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannia, pp. 935-936.