Dear AIC Friends and Supporters,

On behalf of the Board of Directors and the staff of the American Iranian Council, we wish to take this opportunity to share with you the joy of celebrating the Iranian New Year, Nowruz. We at the AIC wish you the best in the year 1404 (2025), a year filled with peace, joy and prosperity, and we hope that the New Year will usher in better US-Iran relations.

Nowruz, literally the new day or New Year, is a celebration of Vernal Equinox which begins on or about March 21 -- marking the Sun's crossing of the Equator and the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. A time of renewal and reunion, as well as giving, Nowruz is widely celebrated by Iranians of all ideological and political persuasions and ethnic backgrounds, including Muslims, Christians, Jews, Baha’is, Kurds, Azeris, Baluchis, Turkmen, Lurs, Arabs, and others.