Photo: Maryam Kamyab

Iranian, regional officials and artists celebrate Noruz

A number of Iranian officials, diplomats, and artists along with their international peers celebrated the approaching Noruz, in an event held at Tehran’s Milad Tower on February 28, 2019.   Noruz, which usually falls on March 21st every year, marks the beginning of spring across a vast geographical area including Iran, Azerbaijan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Iraq that share it on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO.