which is the Persian New Year. An Iranian woman jumps over a bonfire celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian ...

The fire festival offers a great opportunity for ... which is the Persian New Year. To celebrate, people light bonfires, set off fireworks and send wish lanterns floating off into the night ...

but I also try to shoot on the streets of Tehran as well to show the world what life looks like here in my hometown. The fire festival offers a great opportunity for that.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — I've worked for The Associated Press as a photographer since 1999. A lot of what I cover involves either Iran's government or its relations with the West, but I also try to ...

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. Known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi, the ancient festival comes on the last Tuesday of the year, ahead of Nowruz, the Persian New Year (March 20).

Parts of Telegraph Cove were destroyed by fire on New Year’s Eve. The North Island village has been a longstanding hub for ecotourism and, since the blaze, the owners of the resort and other ...

The evolution of PLA Navy far seas training suggests it is getting closer to operationalizing theater-level concepts designed ...

Pilots first heard about a Chinese live-fire naval ... and Iran last year. It also shows how China's military, in its first drills in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, is raising ...