Iranians mark annual ritual with bonfires and firecrackers
AFP/File – An Iranian couple jumps over a bonfire during the "Charshanbe Soori" or Festival of Fire in …/ jumped over bonfires and set off firecrackers on Tuesday in the annual Persian as security forces fanned across Tehran to quell possible opposition protests, witnesses told AFP. Families ventured outside in small groups to celebrate the ritual, despite all-powerful supreme leader urging them on Sunday to shun the festival, calling it an un-Islamic event that causes "a lot of harm." Men, women, boys and girls were leaping over ...
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