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Citizen videos show widespread defiance across Iran
Videos shot by ordinary citizens celebrating the Persian New Year season show widespread defiance of the regime across Iran. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei decreed that there be no public observations of the pre-Islamic traditions, which include lighting and jumping over …
3 killed, 500 arrested in Shiraz and Tehran
Defying a regime fatwa that banned celebration of Iran's popular pre-Islamic springtime holiday, Iranians turned a cultural event into a political protest March 16 -- and
Young people defy security forces at spring festival
Young Iranians across the country turned out to defy security forces and celebrate Chahar Shanbeh Soori, the pre-Islamic festival marking the start of spring. The democratic underground has
