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A Zoroastrian priest adds wood to the Atash Bahram ("Fire of Victory" or Eternal Flame) in the sanctum at the Fire Temple of Yazd in central Iran — ATTA KENARE A Zoroastrian priest dressed in white ...

In this imagined moment, a plane from Tel Aviv lands in Tehran. The pilot, in Hebrew and with an emotional voice, announces, ...

Above the southern entrance of the 600-year-old Jamia Masjid in Srinagar is an inscription singing praises to Allah. Most visitors miss it. It isn’t their fault. It sits far above eye-level, and is ...