To celebrate Nowruz, people light bonfires, set off fireworks and send wish lanterns floating off into the night sky.

Rekabi, Iran’s climbing champion, faced government restrictions upon returning to Iran after competing without the mandatory hijab at the Climbing World Championships event amid the 2022 ...

An Iranian sports climber, widely praised in 2022 for competing without a hijab at the height of nationwide protests ... She returned home and largely vanished from public view, with some ...

She returned home and largely vanished from public view, with some Persian-language media based outside Iran reporting she had been placed under house arrest and banned from competing abroad.

An Iranian sports climber, widely praised in 2022 for competing without a hijab at the height of nationwide ... vanished from public view, with some Persian-language media based outside Iran ...

This year, against the backdrop of Ramadan and rising discontent, the celebrations took on an unmistakably political tone.

Known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi, the festival comes in the hours just before the Wednesday before Nowruz, which is the Persian New ... headscarf, or hijab. Meanwhile, the joy sometimes ...

After leaving Iran, Ms. Alinejad continued her journalism in the United States, producing a documentary for Radio Farda, a Persian broadcaster ... page protesting the hijab law and publishing ...