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Iranians mark fire festival in streets in defiance of crackdown warnings

Mar 17, 2026, 18:38 GMT+0

Iranians celebrated the ancient Persian fire festival Chaharshanbeh Suri (Fireworks Wednesday) across the country on March 17, 2026, heeding a call by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and defying the Islamic Republic’s crackdown warnings, videos obtained by Iran International from multiple cities show.

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