Iranians Grapple With Grief While Observing Their New Year During War
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For millennia, Iranians have marked the first day of spring, which usually falls on March 20 or 21 according to the Persian solar calendar, as the beginning of their new year. The 13 days of festivities that typically follow are known in Iran as Nowruz, meaning “new day” in the Persian language. But as Iran continues to be bombed by the United States and Israel in a war of aggression that is now…