Nowruz 2026: The Persian New Year festival that survived invasions, outlasted ayatollahs and arrives again | World News

[ad_1] A woman carrying Iran’s historic “Lion and Sun” flag leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, British Columbia. At 14:46 GMT on Friday, March 20, 2026, the earth does what it has done for billions of years. The sun crosses the celestial equator, day and […]

After Khamenei, who? How Iran chooses its Supreme Leader and who could be next

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed following joint American and Israeli air strikes.“Khamenei, one of the most evil people in history, is dead,” he wrote, calling the strike “justice for the people of Iran” and for Americans and others allegedly harmed by Iran.The death […]