The Board of Trustees of the Arbab Rostum Guiv Endowment warmly welcomed Zoroastrian community members to celebrate Azargan at the Fire Temple in the Rostum Bagh complex.
The ceremony began at 10 AM on Azar Day in the month of Azar, corresponding to Saturday, 3rd Azar 1403 (November 23, 2024). Mobed Ardeshir Mehrabani initiated the event with the recitation of the Avesta at the Rostum Bagh Fire Temple.
Fariba Mozhgani, Avesta and Religion teacher, shared insight with attendees about the significance of Azargan, a festival honoring fire.
Sheida Pourbehmardian, a Guiv Endowment staff member, explained the reasoning behind the morning timing of the event. She noted that the main Azargan ceremony was scheduled for the afternoon at the Tehran Fire Temple. She also highlighted that another factor was a request from the elders of the Tehranpars neighborhood, who had expressed their preference for the Azargan celebration at the Tehranpars Fire Temple to continue being held in the morning, as in previous years.
The ninth day of Azar in the Zoroastrian calendar, when the day and month share the same name—Azar Day in the month of Azar—corresponds to the 3rd of Azar in Iran’s official calendar. On this special occasion, Iranians celebrate the ancient tradition of Azargan.
This festival stems from the cultural practice of honoring the alignment of a day and month with the same name, a custom deeply cherished in ancient Iran as a sign of good fortune and blessing. Azargan is closely associated with the veneration of fire, a divine creation of Ahura Mazda and the most revered of the natural elements.
