{"id":304219,"date":"2023-03-22T17:44:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T16:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=304219"},"modified":"2023-05-03T02:41:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T01:41:27","slug":"welcoming-the-iranian-new-year-nowruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/welcoming-the-iranian-new-year-nowruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming the Iranian New Year, Nowruz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran Protest-No. 248<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"NCRI \u00a0Nowruz,With Chants of \u201cDeath to the Dictator; Death to Khamenei; Death to the Oppressor, Be It the Shah or the Leader (Khamenei)\u201d<\/h3>\n

On the 186th day of the nationwide uprising, suppressive forces fired shots at the people of Mahabad who were celebrating their Nowruz ceremony<\/h3>\n

To mark the 186th day of the nationwide uprising<\/a> and the start of the Iranian year 1402, people in Tehran and many cities in Kurdistan, as well as Rasht and Borujerd, chanted ‘Death to Khamenei’ and ‘Death to the dictator’ on the evening of March 20 to welcome the new year.<\/p>\n

In Sanandaj, the people chanted the slogans “Freedom, freedom, freedom” and “Death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Leader (Khamenei)”. Defiant youths brought down the sign of one of the Basij centers. In Bukan, a ceremony honoring the martyrs of the uprising was accompanied by the singing of national and revolutionary anthems. People lit fires and chanted “We shall not surrender and the path of the martyrs continues”.<\/p>\n

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MEK Resistance Units pay homage to the martyrs of Iran revolution on Nowruz<\/div><\/div>
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