another pride of Tajik Persians is that they are the hosts of the world's first monistic religion. the religion of zoroastra. it is another sign of our great civilization. Zoroastrianism is the religion of Persians and Parsies around the world. any one who claims to be a Zoroastrian must have an Iranian connection. Balkh was a city under Iranian empire in Khurasan. it shows that we the persians knew God way before any Arab thought there was a God. it tells the world that the persians were the first free thinkers of the world. this religion lead us to write......