IFP- Iran�s President Hassan Rouhani has sent a message to the 11th World Zoroastrian Congress, expressing hope the meeting could help spread the message of divine religions the world badly needs.



In a Saturday message to the event, which was started in Perth in western Australia on Friday and will last until Monday, Rouhani said the congress is a source of pride for Iran, the birthplace of the Zoroaster and the first home of Zoroastrians.

The president said Zoroastrianism is a divine religion highly similar to Islam and other monotheistic religions, whose message needs to be heard.

�The world today needs moral teachings of prophets, including Zoroaster. The world ought to pay attention to [basic Zoroastrian] tenets of Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds,� he said.

�These tenets point out that our deeds are affected by our thoughts and we need to correct our thoughts before correcting our deeds and words,� he said.

The president said Zoroastrian teachings have greatly affected Iran�s culture, inspiring prominent intellectuals from Iranian polymath Avicenna to renewed poets Hafez and Rumi.

�The Zoroastrian teachings have been incorporated into Iranian culture � and have become parts of characteristics of Iranians from all ethnicities and races,� he said.

�We must be grateful for these common roots that connects us together and shape our deeds and behaviour�, he said.

�I hope such gatherings could [help] convey the message of this great religion to the whole world,� the President concluded.

Rouhani finally wished happiness and prosperity for all Zoroastrians in the world, particularly the Parsi community of India.