Iranian Women Burn Head Scarves Amid Fire Festival

Name: Iranian Women Burn Head Scarves Amid Fire Festival
Uploaded: 2023-03-15 17:27:17Z
Duration: 1 min 49 s
Description: Women in the Iranian capital, Tehran, burned their head scarves amid the annual fire festival known as Chaharshanbeh Suri. Videos posted on social media showed anti-government protests erupting in several Iranian cities as celebrations ahead of the Persian New Year, Norouz, turned to defiance.

March 15, 2023 18:27 CET

By RFE/RL's Radio Farda and
Neil Bowdler

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Women in the Iranian capital, Tehran, burned their head scarves amid the annual fire festival known as Chaharshanbeh Suri. Videos posted on social media showed anti-government protests erupting in several Iranian cities as celebrations ahead of the Persian New Year, Norouz, turned to defiance.