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\"fire-festival-200\"The Iranian regime’s security forces have arrested a number of people in western Iran and confiscated hundreds of thousands of firecrackers over the fear that people will use the event to stage protests against the regime.<\/p>\n

The Fire Festival or Chaharchanbeh Souri – which dates back to the 7th Century – will be held on March 18, the last Tuesday of the Iranian year. Iranians traditionally celebrate the Fire Festival by lighting bonfires and jumping through the flames.<\/p>\n

The commander of Iranian regime’s State Security Forces (Police) in city of Bookan declared that 500,000 fire crackers have been confiscated and one person has been arrested.<\/p>\n

In the western province of Kurdistan tens of thousands firecrackers have been found by State Security Forces and a number of people have been arrested.<\/p>\n

In the city of Ardebil, in north west Iran, 65 thousands firecracker has been confiscated by the forces and three have been arrested.<\/p>\n

Iranians have traditionally used the festival to air their grievances against the mullahs regime.<\/p>\n

In recent years, security forces have been cracking down on celebration up to two months before it begins by banning firecrackers, sparklers, rockets and even home-made grenades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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