TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Zoroastrian community has shrunk by half to 45,000 people since the country's 1979 Islamic revolution, as members of the ancient faith search for jobs and a better future in the West, their MP said on Wednesday.
"I'm personally worried and I would want the community to return," said Koroush Niknam, who represents the pre-Islamic religion in Iran's 290-seat legislature and has registered to stand for re-election in a March 14 parliamentary poll.
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