Religion

=== Iranian ===
[[Iranian religions]] are ancient religions whose roots predate the [[Islamization]] of [[Greater Iran]]. Nowadays these religions are practiced only by minorities.

[[Zoroastrianism]] is based on the teachings of prophet [[Zoroaster]] in the 6th century BCE. Zoroastrians worship the [[Creator deity|creator]] [[Ahura Mazda]]. In Zoroastrianism, good and evil have distinct sources, with evil trying to destroy the creation of Mazda, and good trying to sustain it.

[[Religion in Kurdistan|Kurdish religions]] include the traditional beliefs of the [[Yazidi]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hVVsBAAAQBAJ&pg=PAPR8|title=The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World|last1=Asatrian|first1=Garnik S.|last2=Arakelova|first2=Victoria|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-54429-6|language=en|access-date=4 September 2020|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225223929/https://books.google.com/books?id=hVVsBAAAQBAJ&pg=PAPR8|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Birgül">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ql4BAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA71|title=The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion|last=Açikyildiz|first=Birgül|date= 2014|publisher=I.B. Tauris|isbn=978-0-85772-061-0|language=en|access-date=4 September 2020|archive-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226032745/https://books.google.com/books?id=ql4BAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA71|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alevi]], and [[Ahl-e Haqq]]. Sometimes these are labeled [[Yazdânism]].