Iran: Let’s do something for our cities’ environments!

We will be expecting you

The city of Tehran is considered one of the most polluted cities in the world, and most reports from inside the regime have described conditions in this city as many times more difficult than tolerable norms.

In this regard a group of environment activists in Tehran made a call to hold their April 1^st gathering in Baharestan Square:

On April 1^st we will gather at Baharestan Square in a rally for the environment. We will be in reconciliation with our trees, the jungles and all the greens.

We hope for more secure cities, with less smoke and trash. We hope for an Iran full of children laughing.

We have chosen Baharestan Square, with the name of spring (Bahar in Persian), the name of life being reborn. Let’s hope a bill will be adopted in support of the greens in the most important building of this square.

We will be expecting you

A group of environment activists in Tehran

We wish everyone around the world a happy and joyous Spring

The Spring Equinox marks Norooz, the start of the Persian New Year. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran takes this opportunity to wish everyone around the world a happy and joyous Spring, and a world free of pain, suffering, abuse, persecution, torture, and execution; a world in which no one is prosecuted and imprisoned for the peaceful exercise of their basic rights to freedom of thought, expression, religion, assembly, and association. Iranian cartoonist Touka Neyestani remembers Iranian political prisoners on the occasion of Norooz on this Year of the Monkey.

https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2016/03/cartoon-143/

Iran – A New Year, a year of hope and faith in imminent change

As an Iranian, who has put the last Persian calendar year behind me and I am beginning a new year for my tormented country of Iran. The New Year for me is of course a year of hope and faith in change, alteration and prosperity. For those who may not be familiar, the Iranian calendar year begins with spring, this year on March 20^th.

Iran: youth Real Vote, Enthusiastic Practice of Fire Festival

This article is originally published on Area Info.

Many years ago, back in third grade I read a short story titled “The Last Lesson” from a story collection titled “Last Monday” by a French Author who I do not recall the name. Whole book is about the author’s first hand experience living under Nazis role during the German invasion of France as a kid. “The Last Lesson” describes in details the last French class before the enforcement of Nazi law of ban on teaching French in French schools. This young man described with honesty and in moving words, his emotions, his sorrow and his chagrin for not being able to freely use his mother tongue and praise his national culture. After close to four decades I can still remember how I was affected and cried as I was reading the story.

Iran: Some more about Fire Festival in our homeland

"Zardie man az to, sorkhie to az man,"

"Zardie man az to, sorkhie to az man," = "May my sickly paleness be yours and your red glow be mine."

Iranians celebrating end-of-the-year Fire Festivities

Despite all hardships, the Iranian people are always full of hope and celebrating the last Tuesday night of their calendar year that marks the beginning of spring in late March every year. This is a celebration of traditional Iranian customs, jumping over fires, ridding themselves of all the “bads” of the passing year to the fire, and taking in all the “goods” from the fire for the upcoming year. This is a sign of change, as the flames of fire are signals of uprisings and revolt against darkness, the cold and all “bads” in the depth of night.

Iranian youth are facing to Mullahs in all streets

A deputy minister said:

 “Activities and assignments are given to Inspectors during New Year’s celebrations. These inspections will begin starting March 10 and continues for a month”.

IRAN: Charshanbe Suri

Iranians celebrate their thousands year old fire festival of the last Wednesday before Nowruz

 Iranian regime is terrified the feast may turn into uprisings:

A government agent in Tehran:

“Last Wednesday of the year has now become a battlefield”

Monday March 7 – Government Suppressive forces sieged Tehran’s Molavi sq. and arrested sellers of fire work material.

Iran: Celebrating fire festival in March 15th

Memories of last year

Enjoying the felicity of fire festival, the youths in Tehran & Isfahan set afire Khomeini and Khamenei’s pictures. 

In Arak (center of Iran) youths pushed government suppressive forces back by dropping hand grenades on them from buildings’ top floors.

We fight those who are destroying our traditions in Iran

As the godfather of ISIS and other fundamentalists, Ayatollahs are trying to destroy our traditions. We fight them back in Charshanbe Suri

Charshanbe Suri – (February 25^th) -  Eve of Last Wednesday before Nowruz, Iranian New Year  

A national tradition, remained from our ancestors, to push evil out to bring in the spring and happiness

Tonight’s homework for students in Iran

Student: Sir, can I! Who devoted their lives to keep the flames burning?

Students: The teacher is here!

Teacher: Sit down, my dear kids.

Kids, which of you know what the meaning of fire is, and why do we celebrate the Fire Festivities every year and start little fires everywhere?

Student: Sir, can I say! My mom and dad say they don’t know the reason. They say it just has to be and we have always liked it. But can you tell us more?

Iran: youths in Isfahan calling for protests during ‘Fire Festivities’

According to reports obtained on Friday, March 4^th, in various areas of Isfahan, people, especially young boys and girls, have been preparing for Iran’s famous end-of-the-year ‘Fire Festivities’. Most of the people are in various parts of southern Isfahan gathering at evenings and nights and sounds of firecrackers are heard from a far distance. This is a type of invitation for the Fire Festivities celebrations.

This report added there are also sounds of firecrackers and similar scenes in the northern parts of Isfahan.

The Iranian people welcoming these festivities has always been a sign of protest to the ruling regime, whose senior officials continuously call on people to refrain from such activities.