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.
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Published: 17 Mar 2021 08:35 AM BdST
Updated: 17 Mar 2021 08:35 AM BdST
At least three people were killed and more than 1,000 were hurt as crowds across Iran leaped over bonfires and fireworks in an annual fire festival ahead of the Iranian New Year, state media reported early on Wednesday. );
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Of the 1,030 injured, 87 had lost a limb, the head of the national emergency services, Pirhossein Koulivand, told state television, with home-made fireworks and improvised explosives causing to casualties. Charshanbe Suri in Tehran, March 2018. en.wikipedia.org
Koulivand said three people were killed during the celebrations which started at sunset on Tuesday and went on late into the night.