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Nowruz: How 300m people celebrate Persian New Year – BBC News
About 300 million people across the world will celebrate Persian New Year – or Nowruz – on Thursday.
The 3,000-year-old festival begins on the first day of the year in the Iranian calendar, and is also a celebration of Spring.
People in countries including Iran, Tajikistan, Turkey and Iraq will be welcoming the start of the year 1398, explains the BBC’s Samar Salekipour.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
Reeta Chakrabari presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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@Azizah2705
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Uzbeks also celebrate it as big holiday❤❤❤
@NoorHameed-jy5ip
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
❤
@sheenersbeeners5730
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Persian new Year is very different from Iranian New Year. People are celebrating the IRANIAN New Year
@gixxer__bro6038
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Iranic new year, not persian
@Respect-cp1ly
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Nowroz is originated from Afghanistan
🇦🇫.
The day of Nowroz has its origins in the religion of Zoroastrianism.
Zoroastrianism: originated in Central Asia in what is now modern day Afghanistan 🇦🇫, by a man called Zardosht or Zarathustra.
It’s not originated from Iran.
Idk why BBC forgot Afghanistan 🤦🤦🤦💀💀💀
@dilkashchannel5466
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Nouroz mobarak to everyone celebrating
From india ☺️
@jcgaming908
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
This is sinful
@ulkarahmadova
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Cover photo was taken in Azerbaijan. But you did not mention Azerbaijan here.
@mahanchannel7952
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
نوروز ۱۴۰۲ مبارک
@paulyan4189
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
I wonder who that reporter is?
@extremistterrorist
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
How about BBC to get some education and stop to call all Iranic people persian you guys still in 550 BC )
@BD3FRB
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Dirty pagan traditions
@user-bm7fb3bj7q
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
نوروز پیروز
@rainhawk5264
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Unbelievable.
It’s NOT Persian New Year! It’s “Iranian” and was celebrated up to ancient Aderbajan ( even though they got turkified in 11th century the still celebrate NewRoz).
And btw the oldest “Iranian” speaker of them all is KurManc Kurdish, not Farsi (“Persian”)
@JyotirmoyDas-bh5ow
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Nowruz mubarak to everyone celebrating in Iran🥳🥳🎊
@asliddinochilov4341
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Here in Central Asia, such as my home country Uzbekistan, Navroʻz is the national holiday among both Persian speaking and non-persian people (i.e Uzbeks, Turkmens, Kazakhs and Kyrgyzs).
@octopento
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Nowruz is a persian word.
@ancientminds199
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
We… In South India celebrate similar festival named 'Ugadi'
@Crusader4Justice
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Nowruz Pirouz!! #WomanLifeFreedom 💚🤍❤️🦁☀️
@shaynemurray5013
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Awesome culture, awesome people- Happy New year! I have been fortunate enough to be in Iran to celebrate Nowruz- amazing atmosphere and experience. Wishing all a prosperous new year!
@desitraveller4282
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
It's first Farvadin,1401.
Aid Nowruz Mubarak from India.❤️
@mkpkar8679
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
This clip misinforms: although NoErooz (not NoWrooz) marks first day of Iranian calendar, but Iran doesn't have 300 million population.
Noerooz is remnant of culture and traditions that prevailed in the area larger than current borders of Iran more than 2600 years ago. Dominant religion of that area tht stretched from current day Tajikistan, Afghanistan and western Pakistan to current day Turkey and Iraq was Zoroastrianism. Although current day Iran occupies most of that vast stretch, but of the 300mllion people who this clip states celebrate Noerooz, only 80+ million live in Iran, and majority live in other countries.
Noerooz, as a non religious and non national/sectarian celebration has its roots in pagan traditions and is celebrated by people from all that vast geographic area. So it is not just "Iranian new year" but also celebrated as beginning of a new year by 220 million non-Iranians including Kurds, Turks of Eastern Anatolia and Azerbaijan, Afghans, Tajiks, and many central Asian people, and their diaspoa around the world.
May Noerooz usher in a year of peace, health, and happiness for all people of the world.
@ahmadkamal2653
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
No this is not Persian new year this Kurdish New year 2723. Persian New year is 2400
@sararabiee8810
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
It's almost Nowruz! Happy Nowruz, y'all!
@kintama4257
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
To people wo said words like kurds celebrate so its not persian:
Other races from the same region or same culture(indians) celebrating it doesnt change the fact that its a persian festival
Cause American speaks english doesnt make a language any less english and its just the same
@b.nalizai1957
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
BBC get the fact right, the is another country called Afghanistan also using the Nowroz as their strat of the calendar and celebrate it. But your presenter in the video saying " its the strat of Iranian calendar " you always far fetch from the fact checking.
@pardus5045
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
It's Norouz.
@Nova-pr5cw
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
In India in my region we celebrate its called Lohri
and in most part of India its called Makar sakranti,
its celebrated to welcome Spring season which marks a full rotation of earth around sun as per our ancestors who calculated Years with this observation,
Happy navroz.
@VickyKumar-zo8eo
January 14, 2024 at 6:01 pm
1398 is what