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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Nowruz

Mourners carry the bodies of Kurdish victims killed the previous night by Turkish-backed fighters amid Nowruz New Year celebrations in Jindayris in the rebel-held province of Aleppo, during a mass funeral in Jindayris on March 21, 2023. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
March 21, 2023, 7:08 pm
Killing of Kurds in northern Syria sparks protests, tensions
Thousands take to streets after four Syrian Kurds killed by Turkish-backed armed group in town of Jinderis as they celebrated Nowruz holiday
By GHAITH ALSAYED
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks in a video statement addressed to Iranians for Nowruz, March 20, 2022. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 20, 2022, 9:44 pm
In message to Iranians, Bennett says Israel hopes they get rid of ‘cruel regime’
On Persian new year, PM lauds both peoples’ ‘vibrant histories and cultures’; IDF posts tweet telling Tehran ‘missiles will not fix acute water shortage’
By ToI Staff
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech marking the Iranian New Year, in Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
March 20, 2022, 9:32 pm
Marking Persian New Year, Iran’s supreme leader hopes for economic improvement
Addressing the nation, Khamenei says country to focus on creating jobs, as it continues to suffer under ‘maximum pressure campaign’ imposed by Trump in 2018
By AFP
Performers play folklore music welcoming Persian New Year, or Nowruz, meaning 'New Day,' in northern Tajrish Square, Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 20, 2021, 10:24 am
A New Year in Iran, but country’s viral, economic crises remain the same
Citizens have been hit hard by the pandemic, coupled with economic hardship exacerbated by US sanctions
By Amir Vahdat and Isabel Debre
An Iranian woman wearing a protective face mask chooses traditional items ahead of Nowruz, the national New Year 2-week celebration, at the Tajrish Bazaar in the capital Tehran on March 19, 2020, despite the heavy death toll due to infections by the novel coronavirus in the country (STR / AFP)
March 21, 2020, 7:39 am
Iran’s leaders take upbeat tone even as virus deaths climb
In speech marking Persian new year, Khamenei says it will be ‘the year of leaps in production’ in Iran’s economy; highlights downing of US drone, missile strikes on American bases
By Nasser Karimi
Iranians, some wearing protective masks, gather inside the capital Tehran's grand bazaar, during the coronavirus pandemic crisis, on March 18, 2020 (AFP)
March 19, 2020, 5:55 pm
Iran says coronavirus death toll reaches 1,284
Health Ministry says number of infections dropped in 11 of the country’s 31 provinces, but experts fear numbers under-reported; 10,000 prisoners to be freed in Nowruz amnesty
By ToI Staff and AFP
In this photo from March 16, 2019, an Iranian worker carries Iranian flags prior to an inauguration ceremony of a natural gas refinery at the South Pars gas field on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asaluyeh, Iran. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
March 21, 2019, 6:29 am
Iran struggling under reimposed sanctions, country’s leaders say
In Nowruz holiday messages, Khamenei calls economic woes Tehran’s ‘most urgent, serious problem’; Rouhani says others will soon regret putting financial restraints on Iran
By AFP
An Iranian man jumps over a bonfire March 19, 2019 in Tehran as Iranians observed a nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition known as the Festival of Fire. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 20, 2019, 10:07 am
Iran’s woes go up in smoke during fire festival
Iranians mark Nowruz Festival of Fire with bonfires, fireworks
By Amir Vahdat
President Donald Trump walks to the White House after arriving on Marine One, Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
March 23, 2017, 1:37 pm
Trump issues warm New Year greeting to Iranians
White House statement mentions US president’s ‘wonderful friendships’ with Iranian-Americans, a ‘successful immigrant group’
By AFP
In this Sept. 30, 2015 file photo released by the official website of Khamenei's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a graduation ceremony of Iranian Navy cadets in the northern city of Noshahr, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
March 21, 2017, 8:41 am
Undermining Iran’s president, supreme leader says economy ailing
Hassan Rouhani, who is seeking to run for a second term in May, insists the economy has stabilized
By AFP
Kurdish protesters demonstrate with placards reading "No to dictatorship" and the portrait of the leader of the Kurdistan PKK Workers' Party, Abdullah Ocalan in the city center of Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on March 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/dpa/Boris Roessler)
March 19, 2017, 3:11 pm
Turkey summons German envoy over ‘pro-PKK rally scandal’
Display of insignia of outlawed Kurdish group in Frankfurt further heightens tensions between two countries
By AFP
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei poses for a portrait prior to delivering his message for the Iranian New Year, Sunday, March 20, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/AP)
March 20, 2016, 8:11 pm
Iran leader accuses US of reneging on nuclear deal
Khamenei says Washington not lifting sanctions despite nice words; dismisses hubbub over missile tests
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Barack Obama in his annual Nowruz (Persian New Year) message to the Iranian people, March 19, 2016. (YouTube screen capture)
March 20, 2016, 3:47 am
Obama to Iranians: Benefits of nuclear deal are ‘undeniable’
Despite ‘profound differences,’ old adversaries can overcome decades of mistrust, US president says in Nowruz message
By AP
Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, attends a meeting of Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 17, 2013. (AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, File)
March 15, 2015, 3:22 pm
Feared general voted Iran’s person of the year
Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force overseeing military action abroad, wins 37% of votes
By AFP
Pictures and details said to be those of missing Iranian Jews, published on the website ketab.com (photo credit: ketab.com)
March 23, 2014, 6:53 pm
US families of murdered Iran Jews left with questions, fears
Community leader says relatives weren’t contacted by Israel prior to last week’s announcement that 8 loved ones were killed when fleeing Iran in 1994
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
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