Zarathustra the prophet
Zarathustra is the prophet of Iranwho founded Mazdasena. He is also the composer of the Gathas, the oldest part of the Avesta..
Zarathustra has sometimes been described as a social reformer or a moralist teacher.
The exact time and place of his birth is not known, but speculations and documents have predicted a time between 6000 and 600 BC for him and attributed him to different regions such as Ray, Azerbaijan, Khwarezm and Sistan. The native Iranians were combined and created the current Mazdisna religion, which has been the official religion of Iran for nearly five centuries.. Zoroaster's name is in the list of 100 influential people in history compiled by Michael Hart. Zoroaster's religion today has about 200 thousand followers in Iran, India and some other parts of the world..
