Video purportedly from Shiraz during Nowruz celebration. People chant “Death to Dictator” and “Mabarak, Ben Ali, Now it is the turn of Seyed Ali [Khamenei]” People singing the patriotic Iranian anthem, “Ey Iran” in defiance of the regime:
Tag Archives: Nowruz Protests
Fundamentalist Calls To Ignore Norouz Go Unheard In Iran, Afghanistan
(RFE/RL) | March 21, 2010 By Abbas Djavadi Maryam had invited her two daughters and their husbands and grandchildren for Norouz, the New Year’s feast, to her home in western Tehran when I called her on Saturday. It was after 9:02 p.m. when “tahvil,” the change from the old to the new year, 1389 after [...]
VIDEO: Nowruz In Shiraz (Hafezieh)
The following videos were filmed on March 20, during Persian New Year celebrations in Shiraz, at the Hafezieh shrine, dedicated to the famed and loved Persian poet, Hafez. Since Khamenei declared a fatwa against Chahar Shanbe Soori (the Iranian Fire Festival and start of the new year festivities) the people have boldly defied the regime’s [...]
The Verdict: Persian Umpire’s Verdict on Khamenei’s Fatwa against Chahar Shanbe Soori
(Persian Umpire) | March 21, 2010 The Iranian regime’s hostility toward Chaharshanbe Souri is nothing new. For years after the revolution, as we were growing up in Tehran, we held the celebrations in fear. As we set our tumbleweeds on fire in our street and threw some firecrackers around, we expected the Basij or the [...]
Video Collection: Iran Festival of Fire, Day of Revelry and Resistance
This post contains video from Iran allegedly taken during the Nowruz Festival of Fire called Chahar Shanbe Soori. These videos are uploaded to the Internet after being filmed by people in the streets, most often with cell-phone video recorders. While I believe they are from March 16, 2010 (today) and that they are authentic, I [...]
Zahra Rahnavard, Mousavi’s Wife, says Iran Government is Illegitimate
(Kaleme [Persian]) | March 11, 2010 Mir Hossein Mousavi’s official website published an interview with Zahra Rahnavard, the popular wife of Iranian opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, in which she said that the current Iranian government (under the administration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) is illegitimate, but because they occupy the executive branch of the Iranian government, [...]
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