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Where is Zoroastrianism?

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Zoroastrianism is believed to have originated in the early Indo-Iranian homeland of southern Russia, although a minority view is that it originated in Afghanistan or somewhere further to the east. The homeland of Zoroastrianism became eastern Iran, from where it eventually spread to western Iran, including the Medians and Persians. After the Persian conquest of Babylon, the faith became widespread throughout Iraq. Zoroastrianism is now limited to a small community in Iran, small Parsi communities in Pakistan and India, and a small diaspora in the Western world.

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