Pilgrims attend special prayer ceremonies at Imam Reza holy shrine in the city of Mashhad on Friday evening concurrent with the announcement of the New Year (Nowruz) ... .
Iranians abroad and in Tehran are approaching Persian new year with grief and fear as war and a crackdown cut them off from loved ones. The holiday known as Nowruz is being celebrated with heavy hearts or not at all ....
War is rippling through their ancestral land — waged against the country where they live. This week, Iranian Americans already trying to navigate a push-pull of worry and hope unleashed by this month’s conflict have been wrestling with a new ... .