Died: Dr Abtin Sassanfar, 89, co-founder of the World Zoroastrian Council (WZC) and the Centre Culturel Zoroastrien (CCZ) de Paris; on August 23, 2017 in Geneva.
"Sassanfar’s interest in preserving and understanding the culture of ancient Iran in general and of Zoroastrianism in particular is clearly reflected in two majestic achievements that lay at the center of his later life: the establishment of a center for the study of Iranian history, culture and Zoroastrianism on the one hand, and the completion of an extraordinary book containing a translation and commentary of Zarathushtra’s Gathas in Persian on the other hand,” remarked professor......