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Kurds in Iran celebrate Nowruz

Women in traditional Kurdish dresses dance during Nowruz celebrations in Saqqez, Iran on March 13, 2025. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox and marks the first day of the Iranian calendar, symbolizing renewal, the arrival of spring, and the connection between people and nature. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurds in Iran celebrate Nowruz

A silhouetted figure performs a traditional Kurdish dance in Saqqez, Iran on March 13, 2025. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox and marks the first day of the Iranian calendar, symbolizing renewal, the arrival of spring, and the connection between people and nature. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurds in Iran celebrate Nowruz

Kurdish women dance in traditional attire during Nowruz celebrations in Saqqez, Iran on March 13, 2025. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox and marks the first day of the Iranian calendar, symbolizing renewal, the arrival of spring, and the connection between people and nature. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurds in Iran celebrate Nowruz

A Kurdish child performs in the middle of a large Nowruz circle dance in Saqqez, Iran on March 13, 2025. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox and marks the first day of the Iranian calendar, symbolizing renewal, the arrival of spring, and the connection between people and nature. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurds in Iran celebrate Nowruz

A Kurdish child performs in the middle of a large Nowruz circle dance in Saqqez, Iran on March 13, 2025. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox and marks the first day of the Iranian calendar, symbolizing renewal, the arrival of spring, and the connection between people and nature. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurds in Iran celebrate Nowruz

A silhouetted figure performs a traditional Kurdish dance in Saqqez, Iran on March 13, 2025. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox and marks the first day of the Iranian calendar, symbolizing renewal, the arrival of spring, and the connection between people and nature. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life In Tehran's Grand Bazaar

An elderly Iranian man stands just outside a mosque at a market in the Traditional Grand Bazaar in southern Tehran, Iran, on March 19, 2025, the day before the Iranian New Year holidays. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)

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Nowruz Celebration - Iraq

Nowruz, which means 'new day' in Persian, is celebrated to mark the arrival of spring and the first day of the Iranian calendar. It is also celebrated by the Kurds, where it is an important symbol of national identity. The roots of this ancient tradition of marking the spring equinox lie in Zoroastrianism, and the fact that it is widely celebrated in Iran and neighbouring regions has led to its inclusion on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list. The town of Akre is considered the capital of Newroz, and tens of thousands of people flock here every year on 20 March to take part in the celebrations. Despite the cold, windy and rainy weather, over 75,000 people gathered in the town to celebrate this year's Newroz, including Masrour Barzani, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region. Akre, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, March 2024. Photo by Konstantin Novakovic/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nowruz Celebration - Iraq

Nowruz, which means 'new day' in Persian, is celebrated to mark the arrival of spring and the first day of the Iranian calendar. It is also celebrated by the Kurds, where it is an important symbol of national identity. The roots of this ancient tradition of marking the spring equinox lie in Zoroastrianism, and the fact that it is widely celebrated in Iran and neighbouring regions has led to its inclusion on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list. The town of Akre is considered the capital of Newroz, and tens of thousands of people flock here every year on 20 March to take part in the celebrations. Despite the cold, windy and rainy weather, over 75,000 people gathered in the town to celebrate this year's Newroz, including Masrour Barzani, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region. Akre, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, March 2024. Photo by Konstantin Novakovic/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Int'l plastics, rubber, machinery exhibition kicks off in Iran

STORY: Int'l plastics, rubber, machinery exhibition kicks off in Iran DATELINE: Sept. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: The 17th International Exhibition of Plastics, Rubber, Machinery and Equipment kicked off in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday. The opening ceremony was attended by Oil Minister Javad Owji and his deputies, lawmakers as well as foreign ambassadors in Tehran. A total of 560 domestic firms as well as 210 foreign companies have taken part in the event, according to a report published on the exhibition's website. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the oil minister said the petrochemical sector is a key industry of the country, which generated 16 billion U.S. dollars in export revenues in the previous Iranian calendar year which ended on March 20. He stressed that "the petrochemical sector "cannot be sanctioned" owing to the rising global demand for the industry's upstream and downstream products. Iran's pet

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Iranians embrace Nature's Day

STORY: Iranians embrace Nature's Day DATELINE: April 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of parks in Tehran STORYLINE: Iranians on Sunday celebrated Sizdah Bedar, also known as Nature's Day, which falls on the 13th day of Farvardin (the first month of the Iranian calendar). As usual, millions of Iranians went to the countryside or parks and gardens to celebrate the festival with family and friends. Sizdah Bedar also marks the end of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which begins on the first day of spring on March 21. Nowruz is the most important holiday in Iran, marking the official New Year of the country. It has been celebrated for over 3,000 years in Iran. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tehran. (XHTV)

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Iranians prepare for Iranian New Year

STORY: Iranians prepare for Iranian New Year DATELINE: March 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:10 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iranians preparing for Nowruz festival STORYLINE: As Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, is approaching, Iranian people have started to prepare for the celebrations of the Nowruz festival. Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Iranian calendar. One of the festival's characteristics is a goldfish bowl as the symbol of life and good luck. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tehran. (XHTV)