AMIR HeydariTEHRAN, Mar. 20 (DID) – Different groups of people from across Iran have gathered at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad to celebrate Nowruz, the first day of the Iranian new year.
AMIR HeydariTEHRAN, March 20 (DID) – The festival of Nowruz marks the conclusion of an old year and the beginning of a new one, traditionally celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox.
AMIR HeydariTEHRAN, Mar. 16 (DID) – Persians have been decorating eggs to celebrate Nowruz (the vernal equinox aka the beginning of spring or Persian New Year) for over 4,000 years.
AMIR HeydariTEHRAN, Mar. 12 (DID) – Iranians welcome the arrival of spring with a centuries-old custom called Chaharshanbeh-Suri, which is celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday before the Iranian New Year holidays.
AMIR HeydariTEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA) – In a message, the President of Croatia congratulated the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the arrival of the new Iranian year and Nowruz.
