Iran's Ministry of Interior has dismissed rumors over the closure of the country's parks on Iranian National Nature Day, locally known as "Sizdah Be-dar".
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has expressed hope that the Persian New Year will be a year of prosperity for the venerated people of Iran.
Irans tourism industry enjoys very high capacities to grow especially in Nowruz. According to the World Tourism Organization, Iran ranks 10th in terms of possessing tourist attractions in the world.
The ancient city of Isfahan in the Isfahan province of Iran is one of the cultural hubs with numerous monuments relating to Islamic and Iranian civilization ...
Iranians have welcome New Year, 1400 AH, just minutes ago.
A cannon was fired in Tehran's Azadi Tower to mark the turn of the year.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a Twitter message congratulating Nowruz , the start of Iranian New Year, expressed hope that the new year will end the resort to violence, killings, threats,...
IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in separate messages congratulated Nowruz to his counterparts in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq and Uzbekistan.
Unfortunately, Nowruz this year has coincided with the outbreak of coronavirus in many countries, President Rouhani said....
Press TV - Iranians all around the world are celebrating the ancient festival of Nowruz, a holiday that heralds the beginning of spring and marks the start of the Persian New Year.
Nowruz is the first day of the Persian calendar month of Farvardin. The day usually falls on March 20, but in leap years, it coincides with March 21.
Being originally ...
Tasnim, Mohammad-Hassan Zarif Manesh - Iranian medical personnel celebrating the ancient festival of Nowruz in hospitals while they are on the frontline of combatting the Coronavirus outbreak in the country.
In harmony with the rebirth of nature, the Nowruz festivities began on the first day of spring, which has fallen on March 20 this year.
Friday ...
Press TV - Irans President Hassan Rouhani says US sanctions and pressures have failed to force the Iranian nation to give in to Washingtons excessive demands.
The harshest ever sanctions were imposed against our nation [last year] by global terrorists, Rouhani said on Friday morning in a message to Iranians on the occasion of New Year.
He added,...
IRNA - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a message on Friday morning congratulated the Iranian nation on the New Year and appreciated the work of the Iranian medical staff who are bravely fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
The following is the full text of the message issued on March 20, 2020, by Ayatollah ...
Reuters - Like many Iranians, Mahnaz left Iran and settled in a western country 10 years ago after political restrictions in the Islamic Republic made it difficult for her to live and work there.
The family dispersed further when her two sisters followed her abroad two years later in search of better lives.
Now the coronavirus has denied them ...
Tasnim Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres in a message for the international day of Nowruz expressed the hope that this special Persian ceremony would bring harmony and celebration of common humanity for the world.
Following is the full text of UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres message for the International Day of Nowruz,...
IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Iranians celebrate Nowruz concurrent with the arrival of Spring while the country is faced with multiple and historic challenges and stressed the coronavirus outbreak in Iran exposed the reality of the US sanctions to the world.
Zarif made the remarks through a video message released on ...
Bloomberg - Irans Imam Reza shrine, a magnet attracting millions of Muslim pilgrims in the holy city of Mashhad every year, will be closed during the countrys New Year Holidays from March 20 over coronavirus concerns, state TV reported.
The announcement comes as the situation in Mashhad has grown more acute and the city is going through its most ...
Bloomberg | Arsalan Shahla: The days before March 21 this year were supposed to be busy with shoppers in Tehran and elsewhere in Iran preparing for Nowruz, the Persian new year, the most prosperous time for merchants and shopkeepers. But pedestrian traffic is sparse in the capital. Some people who have ventured out are wearing masks and ...
Khamenei.ir - On the first day of the 1398 Persian New Year, dubbed the year of Boosting Production, Ayatollah Khameneithe Leader of the Islamic Revolutionvisited the Shrine of Imam Reza (as) in Mashhad, wherein he delivered his annual speech to the pilgrims and residents of the area.
I believe the Year 1398 is, by God's grace, the year of opportunities
After ...
ISNA - On the first day of the 1398 Persian New Year, dubbed the year of Boosting Production, Ayatollah Khameneithe Leader of the Islamic Revolutionvisited the Shrine of Imam Reza (as) in Mashhad, wherein he delivered his annual speech to the pilgrims and residents of the area.
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IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and some religious authorities on separate phone calls on Thursday.
According to the president's official website, he has congratulated the Iranian New Year and Imam Ali's birthday anniversary.
'The Government has been offering services to people ...
IRNA Nowruz is celebrated in a spirit of friendship, reconciliation and harmony, said the UN Secretary-General on Thursday in a message for the International Day of Nowruz, observed on 21 March.
'For more than 300 million people across the world, Nowruz is about new beginnings: the arrival of a new year; the first day of spring; the renewal of ...
Tasnim The Persian New Year, Nowruz, begins on Thursday as the first day of spring arrives in Iran, where people are holding ceremonies in celebration of the historical event.
In harmony with the rebirth of nature, the Nowruz festivities begin on the first day of spring, which has fallen on March 21 this year.
The wee hours of Thursday marked ...