More than 300 million people in Iran and beyond celebrate the ancient holiday. It’s tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here’s what to know.

Thursday, March 20, 2025, marks the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, a holiday that's been celebrated for several millenniums, ...

An Iranian man jumps over a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the ...

Nowruz — which is Persian/Farsi for “New Day” — is one of the oldest festivals celebrated by humans. Annually, more than 300 ...

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...

About 100 people gathered in downtown Cornelius on Wednesday to celebrate an ancient tradition for the Persian New Year.

The defendants, who are from Azerbaijan and operated from overseas, are accused of hiring another Azerbaijani man, who lived ...

A jury has convicted two purported Russian mobsters of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a video on Thursday addressing the Iranian people in honor of the Persian New Year, Nowruz. "Spring is approaching, and so is the Persian New Year. I would ...

Hundreds of people gathered in Srinigar, Indian-administered Kashmir, on Friday, for a leech therapy clinic. Friday is the start of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, and it is traditionally believed that ...

By bnm Tehran bureau This year's Persian New Year, called Nowruz, has arrived in Tehran with its familiar scent of hyacinths ...