Sepanta Niknam (Persian: سپنتا نیکنام) is an Iranian politician who serves as a councillor in Yazd since 2013. He is the first and only Zoroastrian to...

is also a sizable population of Zoroastrians in the city. In 2013, Sepanta Niknam was elected to the city council of Yazd and became the first Zoroastrian...

Locally, Zoroastrian politicians are also active. In 2013 for example, Sepanta Niknam was elected to the city council of Yazd and became the first Zoroastrian...

this represented an increase of 27.5% on the 2006 population. In 2013, Sepanta Niknam was elected to the city council of Yazd and became the first Zoroastrian...

capitals, with the results as following: For the first time in Iran, Sepanta Niknam, a Zoroastrian citizen was elected to the city council of Yazd. In another...

were elected. There has been a controversy around the reelection of Sepanta Niknam, a Zoroastrian municipal councillor in Yazd, as there was no clear legislation...