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Four dead, thousands injured in Iran fire festival celebrations
The fire festival, an ancient Zoroastrian tradition, predates Islam and is celebrated on the last Wednesday of the Persian calendar, which ends this year on March 20./ Iranian families light fire outs...
Five kids and a couple killed in Iran as teenager lights up homemade fireworks
An Iranian teenager making homemade fireworks for a festival ahead of the Persian New Year blew up his home, killing himself and six other family members, a prosecutor said on Saturday. The house in t...
Iran fire festival celebrations kill three, injure 259
Each year Iranians celebrate Chaharshanbeh-Soori, an ancient Zoroastrian tradition on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Iranian calendar, by jumping over bonfires (AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri)/ Tehran ...
Photos: Chaharshanbe Suri in Heydar Baba village Azerbaijan-Iran
Chaharshanbe Suri, also called the Festival of Fire, literally meaning Wednesday Feast is an ancient Iranian festival dating back to at least 1700 BCE. it is a prelude to Nowruz, which marks the arriv...
