What Happened To Persia's Tolerance?


	What Happened To Persia's Tolerance?

GlennFrancoSimmons

9-21-2009 10:35 PM

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iran, pogrom, zoroaster, zoroastrianism

GlennFrancoSimmons says:

The Iranian government's pogrom primarily against one religious minority, and its oppressive nature, stand in contrast to the Persian civilizations that in their time were the equivalent of Western empires.

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