The Tehran Zoroastrian Association has reached a decisive moment.
On Friday, the 27th of Tir, every Zoroastrian must ask:
Do my community, my future, and my faith still matter to me?
If your answer is yes, your place is at the ballot box—not in silence on the sidelines.
No home survives without care, and no spiritual institution endures without the support of its people.
- When we stay away, others step in
Our absence creates a void, and a void will never remain empty. But those who fill it may not be the ones who care. If we stay away today, tomorrow we will be led by those who neither know us, understand us, nor have our best interests at heart. - The Association is more than walls and stone; it is the keeper of our spiritual soul
Its building stands as an outward sign of what lives deep within us: our faith, our rituals, our ancestors’ memory, our Sedreh pushi ceremonies, our mourning gatherings, our unity. If the Association weakens, our hearts lose their anchor. We must protect it. - My vote declares that I am here
To abstain is to say: I am not here. I no longer care or believe.
Casting a vote says: I am still here. I still believe. I still honor my Zoroastrian identity. - When women and youth stay away, they risk being forgotten
This is not the moment to lament, “I wish we had been seen.”
It is the moment to step forward and make yourself visible—both women and young people alike.
If they do not come, they will simply fade from attention, not because anyone excluded them, but because they chose not to appear. - We are the heirs of luminous spirits, not silent onlookers
Our forebears built these institutions with their very lives and devotion.
As their descendants, how can we turn our backs on a day like this?
If they labored in the hardest of times, can we—living in ease—fail to cast even a single vote? - My vote is my voice to hold others accountable
By voting, I gain the right to question, to critique, and to demand better.
If I remain silent, my words will carry no weight.
A vote is our voice—the voice of action, not empty complaint. - If we do not show up, the Association’s flame will grow dim
Its light endures only as long as our presence keeps it alive.
A vote is like a breath that feeds the fire; without it, the fire dies out.
No enemy will extinguish it—only our own indifference.
Final Words:
The 27th of Tir is a day to stand, a day to build—not to remain silent.
Everything depends on this day: our credibility, our hope, our faith.
We are heirs to a legacy of light. Let us keep the flame of the Fravahar burning brighter with our vote.
To stay home means we have not honored our Zoroastrian identity.
To come forth means our hearts still belong to the path of truth.
