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Iranian Cultural Offices Celebrate Persian New Year
Iranian cultural offices in different cities around the world celebrated the ancient festivities of Nowruz. According to the public relations office of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO), the word Nowruz itself literally means "new day" in the Persian language and the festivity marks the beginning of the solar year as well as ...
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NOWRUZ. In the Islamic Period
Nowruz survived while less significant festivals were eclipsed by their Islamic rivals and gradually became abandoned by indifferent Mongol and Turkis ...