Dear Friend,

On behalf of everyone here at the American Iranian Council, we wish you a Happy Nowruz!

Nowruz is the first day of spring and the first day of the new Iranian calendar year, which will be 1402 on March 21 (2023).  Nowruz has been celebrated for over three millennia, and Iranians of all religious and ethnic orientations share in the joys and prosperity it promises. 

Certainly, many Iranians will be hoping this Nowruz brings with it a significant change of circumstances.  Last year was an especially tumultuous period for the country following the death of twenty-two-year-old Mahsa Amini.  During the widespread protests that followed, AIC called for the government of Iran to curb its use of force against protesters and accept its peoples’ legitimate demands.