TEHRAN, March 18 (MNA) – On the eve of the Nowruz holiday, a ceremony was held in Rasht city in the north of Iran to welcome the spring season.

Download 5 MB Nowruz is the Iranian or Persian New Year celebrated by various ethnicities worldwide.

It is a festival based on the Iranian Solar Hijri calendar, on the spring equinox—on or around 21 March on the Gregorian calendar.