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

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — I've worked for The Associated ... show the world what life looks like here in my hometown. The fire festival offers a great opportunity for that. Known as “Chaharshanbe ...

An Iranian man holds up a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year, in Tehran, Iran ...