The following video is purported from Orumieh, Iran, shot at Orumieh Lake on Sizde Bedar, the 13th day of Persian New Year celebrations. Revelers clash with regime security forces: [Video from Homy Lafayette's Weblog]
Tag Archives: Persian New Year
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 [...]
The Double Lives of Tehran’s Middle Class
(Mianeh) | March 19, 2010 Jafar Farshian They’re at the heart of resistance to the regime – but that doesn’t stop them from having fun. After a brief period of retreat from the outside world following the months of post- election protests, many middle-class Tehranis, who form the backbone of the opposition movement, are out [...]
Uncertainty for detained journalists as New Year approaches
(A Street Journalist) | March 14, 2010 Despite that the families of many detained journalists have secured the bail to release their loved ones for the Persian New Year, there is still no information on the date of their release. There is no news on the release of Akbar Montejabi, Vahid Pourostad, Ehsan Mehrabi, and [...]
Not Defeated
(Tehran Bureau) | February 24, 2010 by ALI CHENAR in Tehran [ comment ] The month of Bahman, the 11th in the Iranian calendar, has ended. Politics will pause for a moment while Iranians turn their attention to their beloved Norouz, the New Year, which starts March 21st. Stores will advertise holiday sales, housewives will [...]
UN Officially Recognizes March 21 as International Nowruz Day
(BusinessWeek) | February 24, 2010 By Ali Sheikholeslami Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — The United Nations General Assembly recognized March 21 as the International Day of Nowruz, a festival of Persian origin that marks the beginning of a new year for more than 300 million people. Nowruz, meaning new day in the Farsi language, has been [...]
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