Nowruz
Nowruz (Persian New Year) – A collection of reports and photos about Nowruz, the Iranian (Persian) New Year, which is celebrated worldwide by various ethno-linguistic groups.
Iran tourism: Chabahar’s Martian Mountains
Chabahar’s Martian or Miniature Mountains, which are called Kalani or Aria in the local dialect, are located 35 to 40 kilometers off the southeastern Iranian port city of Chabahar.
Iran’s capital celebrates start of New Year with fireworks
Firework displays have been held at several landmarks across the Iranian capital, Tehran, to celebrate the start of Nowruz or the Persian New Year.
Iranian president: Nowruz symbolizes a culture based on values
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has in separate messages congratulated the leaders of countries marking Nowruz on the arrival of the New Year.
In Nowruz message, Raisi hails Iran’s successful resistance against US
President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran says the country’s biggest achievement in recent years has been bringing about a “humiliating defeat” for the United States’ so-called maximum pressure policy on the back of the Iranian nation.
Iran leader designates 1401 as “The Year of Production: Knowledge-Based and Job Creation”
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has addressed the Iranian people on the occasion of the New Year.
135 dead in four days of travels as Iranians prepare for Nowruz
Iran’s police say 135 people have lost their lives in traffic accidents across the country in just four days, as Nowruz travel peak season begins.
Iranians getting ready to welcome Nowruz
Iranians on shopping sprees as countdown to Persian New Year begins.
Nowruz feast for working children
A Nowruz feast was held for working children in brick kilns near Shahr-e-Rey, southern Tehran.
New Year shoppers throng Grand Bazzar of Tehran in last-minute shopping sprees
Iranians are getting ready to ring in the Persian New Year, Nowruz.
Shopping centers, in particular, are seething with people, who are bustling around stores to buy the items they need.
Iranians on shopping sprees as countdown to Persian New Year begins
With the Persian New Year, Nowruz, just around the corner, Iranians go on shopping sprees and spend much time outdoors at bazaars and markets.
107 people killed in road accidents in Iran over past three days
Iranian traffic police say 107 Nowruz passengers have been killed in road crashes countrywide over the past three days.
The commander of the Traffic Police Information and Control Center said the death toll is down compared to last year.
Chaharshanbe Suri and spoon-banging-Hamedan
Chaharshanbe Suri is one of the most ancient and beautiful traditional festivals of Iran. This festival has been celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year since ancient times up until now. Chaharshanbe Suri is very popular among Iranians and is marked across the country.
Nowruz Global Ritual held in western Iran
A ceremony dubbed Nowruz Global Ritual has started in the tourism route of western Iran aimed at introducing the customs of this ancient occasion in the presence of different Iranian ethnic groups and guests from UNESCO in Hamadan as the capital of Iranian history and civilization.
Tehran holds ceremony celebrating Nowruz
The Iranian capital Tehran has held a ceremony featuring traditional music and arts to celebrate Nowruz, a festival that marks the Persian New Year.
Nowruz traditions: Goldfish, guests at Haft Seen tables
Nowruz is one of the most beautiful and lasting traditions of Iranians and ethnic Iranians, which is marked across the world.
Nowruz rituals ranging from Haji Firuz, Chaharshanbe Suri and New Year house-cleaning to Haft Seen and visits to relatives’ houses and Sizdah Bedar have evolved over a span of thousands of years and are observed with slight differences at each corner of the Iranian lands.
Nowruz Khani, a tradition marking arrival of spring in Guilan
One of the traditional customs and rituals in Guilan Province is Nowruz Khani – or singing to mark Persian New Year, Nowruz.
Iranians preparing to welcome the New Year
Nowruz is around the corner, with Iranians busy with shopping to welcome the New Year.
Noruz Khani ancient tradition in Iran’s Mazandaran Province
Noruz Khani is a traditional song that has been sung since ancient times in many Iranian cities since the middle of the Persian month of Esfand (around March 6).
Pics: Iran villagers begin spring house cleaning before Nowruz
With Nowruz or the Persian New Year just around the corner, Iranian villagers, like other compatriots, begin spring house cleaning, called Khooneh Tekooni in the Persian language, a national tradition marked by almost all Iranians every year prior to the turn of the season.
Tajrish bustling in run up to Nowruz
The Iranian New Year is fast approaching and the festive mood can be felt in the streets of the capital in the run up to Nowruz.
Taliban lash against millennial Persian New Year ritual
The caretaker Taliban government says it does not recognize Nowruz, the Persian New Year that starts with the beginning of spring, adding that Afghanistan will not mark the “un-Islamic” ancestral festivity, which Afghan people widely celebrate every year.
Reshteh Polo; Delicious Dish Served during Nowruz
As a common practice among the people of different religions, cultures and nationalities around the globe on the eve or first days of the New Year, Iranians serve their traditional dishes on the initial days of Nowruz. Reshteh Polo is one of these popular dishes which is made on the first Saturday of the new year.
Rouhani Sends Congratulatory Messages to Heads of State on Nowruz
The Iranian president has congratulated heads of states of the Nowruz Civilization Forum (including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Iraq) on Nowruz and the arrival of the Solar Hijri New Year 1400.
Quake-Hit People of Sisakht Celebrate Nowruz in Tents
The people of Sisakht city in Iran's Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province whose houses were destroyed in a recent earthquake celebrated the Persian New Year by arranging the Haft Seen table in their tents and destroyed houses.
Iranian People Begin ‘Year of Production, Support, Removal of Barriers’
The Iranian nation on Saturday noon celebrated Nowruz and started the new solar Hijri calendar year 1400, which has been named by Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as the “Year of Production, Support, and Removal of Barriers”.