{"id":158706,"date":"2025-07-24T18:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=158706"},"modified":"2025-07-24T18:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:07:46","slug":"it-is-time-to-act-not-to-stand-aside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=158706","title":{"rendered":"It Is Time to Act, Not to Stand Aside"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tehran Zoroastrian Association has reached a decisive moment.<\/strong>
\nOn Friday, the 27th of Tir, every Zoroastrian must ask:
\nDo my community, my future, and my faith still matter to me?<\/p>\n

If your answer is yes, your place is at the ballot box\u2014not in silence on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

No home survives without care, and no spiritual institution endures without the support of its people.<\/p>\n

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  1. When we stay away, others step in
    \nOur 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.<\/li>\n
  2. The Association is more than walls and stone; it is the keeper of our spiritual soul
    \nIts building stands as an outward sign of what lives deep within us: our faith, our rituals, our ancestors\u2019 memory, our Sedreh pushi ceremonies, our mourning gatherings, our unity. If the Association weakens, our hearts lose their anchor. We must protect it.<\/li>\n
  3. My vote declares that I am here
    \nTo abstain is to say: I am not here. I no longer care or believe.
    \nCasting a vote says: I am still here. I still believe. I still honor my Zoroastrian identity.<\/li>\n
  4. When women and youth stay away, they risk being forgotten
    \nThis is not the moment to lament, \u201cI wish we had been seen.\u201d
    \nIt is the moment to step forward and make yourself visible\u2014both women and young people alike.
    \nIf they do not come, they will simply fade from attention, not because anyone excluded them, but because they chose not to appear.<\/li>\n
  5. We are the heirs of luminous spirits, not silent onlookers
    \nOur forebears built these institutions with their very lives and devotion.
    \nAs their descendants, how can we turn our backs on a day like this?
    \nIf they labored in the hardest of times, can we\u2014living in ease\u2014fail to cast even a single vote?<\/li>\n
  6. My vote is my voice to hold others accountable
    \nBy voting, I gain the right to question, to critique, and to demand better.
    \nIf I remain silent, my words will carry no weight.
    \nA vote is our voice\u2014the voice of action, not empty complaint.<\/li>\n
  7. If we do not show up, the Association\u2019s flame will grow dim
    \nIts light endures only as long as our presence keeps it alive.
    \nA vote is like a breath that feeds the fire; without it, the fire dies out.
    \nNo enemy will extinguish it\u2014only our own indifference.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Final Words:
    \nThe 27th of Tir is a day to stand, a day to build\u2014not to remain silent.
    \nEverything depends on this day: our credibility, our hope, our faith.
    \nWe are heirs to a legacy of light. Let us keep the flame of the Fravahar burning brighter with our vote.<\/p>\n

    To stay home means we have not honored our Zoroastrian identity.
    \nTo come forth means our hearts still belong to the path of truth.<\/p>\n

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