"Kourash Niknam, the Zoroastrian member of the Majlis, said in 2006 that being a Zoroastrian in Iran was like being a foreigner in one’s native land: “We don’t have the right to make programmes about our religion. I have no platform on radio or television to go and speak about Zoroastrianism. We cannot get any budget for building a new fire temple when mosques are being built one after another.”"