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Uniindia: Tehran, Mar 15 (UNI) At least 27 people died, and 4,095 others were injured in Iran during the Chaharshanbe Suri (the Scarlet Wednesday) celebrations ahead of the Persian New Year festivities, Jafar Miadfar, the head of Iran s National Medical Emergency Organization, said on Wednesday.
Today, Azerbaijan is celebrating the Water Tuesday (“Su Charshanbasi”), one of the four festive Tuesdays before the most-loved ancient holiday of Azerbaijani people - Novruz Holiday. Novruz is a symbol that winter has ended and the advent of spring, an affirmation