Iran's Latest Fatwa: A Fiery Fury
On this day every year for millennia, Iranians have started fires. Big bonfires and tiny ones made of tinder. Street blazes and backyard flickers. They jump over these flames during the ancient fire festival, Chaharshanbeh Suri, ushering in the festivities of the Norooz Festival that marks the vernal equinox worldwide, and the New Year for Iranians and many other nations. At times like this, when tensions are peaking in Iranian politics, today's fire festival gets more than heated as the public heads for the streets building bonfires, ...
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