On Saturday, nearly 200 students, faculty and visitors packed into Kroon Hall for Yale’s second annual Nowruz celebration — a vibrant, high-spirited festival marking the Persian New Year and the ...

About 300 million people around the world celebrated the Persian new year, or Nowruz, last month. Nowruz, meaning “new day”, is an ancestral festivity marking the first day of spring and the ...

The festive gathering was attended by a number of Hungarian officials, as well as ambassadors and diplomats from Nowruz-celebrating countries, including Pakistan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, ...

In his opening remarks, Ambassador Ali Bahreini, Iran’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, highlighted Nowruz as a symbol of enduring cultural solidarity among the nations of the region, ...

Members with Ballet Afsaneh and Amir School of Music perform during a celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, at the Mitchell Park Bowl in Palo Alto. Audience members were invited to dance ...

A grand celebration to mark the Nowruz Festival is held in Khujand, Tajikistan, March 31, 2025. Nowruz is one of the most important traditional holidays in Central Asian countries, symbolizing the ...

On 16 March 2025, the UNESCO Tehran Office, and the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, hosted a remarkable event at the Parsian Evin Hotel to celebrate the UNESCO-recognized traditions of Nowruz ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under heavy pressure from the United States to walk back his nomination of Eli Sharvit, former head of the Israel Navy, to be the new chief of the Israel ...

Euronews has explored Nowruz, an ancient celebration of spring and renewal, and examined its deep connections to Azerbaijani traditions, Azernews reports. "Nowruz, is a cherished festival in ...

Iranians shop at a flower market before Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, in Tehran, Iran, March 17, 2025 [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters] But Tehran Governor Hossein Khosh-Eghbal said on Saturday ...

Jashn-e-nowruz is being celebrated today in four districts Skardu, Ghanche, Shigar and Kharmang in Baltistan region with full traditional zeal and zest. In this regard the local government has ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition I'm looking at Iran ...