Iran’s waning Zorastrian community celebrates its history

The followers of one of the world’s oldest and most intriguing monotheistic religions gather at Chak Chak to remember princess Nikbanou.

At Chak Chak, some 600 kilometers (370 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran, believers gathered to remember Nikbanou, a heroine of the faith who according to tradition took shelter in the mountain and prayed for help. Miraculously, the mountain was said to have opened up and given protection to the princess, the youngest daughter of the last king of the Persian Sasanian Empire.

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