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Iran Then and Now

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Just some things I have noticed. please feel free to correct, amend or comment:     Symbol   Before  The full sun, 100% light   Now A crescent moon with about 5% light (reflected, not of original source)     Color   Before White for divinity, life and light   Now Black for mourning and death     Calendar   Before Solar, fixed   Now Lunar, goes bac ... Continue reading »

Escape From Iran

 Born In An Iranian Prison ... And Into A Lifetime Of Consequences     A young prisoner sat blindfolded, facing a wall in Tehran's Evin prison. It was April 2010, nearly a year after the disputed presidential victory of Mahmud Ahmedinejad sparked massive street protests and thousands of arrests. The room was silent, but suddenly he heard a voice ... Continue reading »

Who we are

The Persian Cultural Association of South Australia Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer-based organisation with no political or religious affiliations, aiming to serve the Persian community, and facilitate the integration of Persian-Australians into mainstream South Australia. This Association consists of members from the Persian society and is governe ... Continue reading »

شب یلدا

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YaldaYalda (Persian: یلدا)), Shab-e Yalda (Persian: شب یلدا), "Night of Birth", or Zayeshmehr (Persian: زایش مهر) "Birth of Mithra", or Shab-e Chelleh (Persian: شب چلّه, Azerbaijani: چیلله گئجه‌سی; lit. "Night of Forty") is the Persian winter solstice celebration[1][2] which has been popular since ancient times. Yalda i ... Continue reading »

Connecting the dots from 500 BCE to 500 CE

  In this article, I am trying to demonstrate the connection of Iranian celebration of Yada to the celebration of Christmas.     About a few thousand years ago, when Iranians and Indians still lived together, they venerated a common god by the name of Mithra.  The night of his birthday was the winter solstice which later on after the advent of Chri ... Continue reading »

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