Nowruz (Persian New Year)

Nowruz, new day or New Year as the Iranians call it, is a celebration of spring Equinox. It has ‎been celebrated by all the major cultures of ancient Mesopotamia. Sumerians (3000BC), ‎Babylonians (2000 BC), the ancient kingdom of Elam in Southern Persia (2000BC), Akaddians all ‎have been celebrating it in one form or another. What we have today as Nowruz with its’ unique ‎Iranian characteristics has been celebrated for at least 3000 years and is deeply rooted in the ‎traditions of Zoroastrian belief system.

Iranian New Year start in first of Farvardin month (Persian Calendar) which is equal with 21th of March.