A Norooz handcraft exhibition set up next to Hegmataneh Museum in Hamadan caught fire on March 30 due to an unattended heater left on all night. Ten of the exhibition’s 70 stalls reportedly have been completely destroyed. The museum was not affected by the fire, but the handcrafts set up for sale were completely […]
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TURKEY: What has really happened these four days?
Many words are about to be spent on these four days. Lots of things will be written, and many grandiose political analysis are surely on their way. But what has really happened these four days?The resistance for Gezi Park ignited the collective capacity to organize and act between us common citizens. It has been […]
Chaharshanbeh Soori: Persian Festival of Fire
Iranians outside and inside Iran are celebrating their national fest of Chahr-Shanbeh Suri Last Wednesday of the Iranian year know as Chahar Shanbeh Soori (Čahār Šanbé Sūrī – usually pronounced Čāršambé-sūrī), the eve of which is marked by special customs and rituals, most notably jumping over fire. On the eve of last Wednesday of […]
No charges laid in deadly school fire
Tavakol Heydari, the head of the Western Azerbaijan justice department, has announced that no one has been charged for the fire incident at a Sheenabad elementary school.
Ministry of Education Has Criminal Responsibility
Lawyers Comment on Shinabad Incident Iranian news agencies reported that on Friday December 28th Saria Rasoolzadeh, another victim of the fire at a girls school died of burn wounds, following the earlier death of schoolgirl Siran Yeganeh. Last week, a fire broke out in the Shinabad village near the Kurdish-populated […]
School fire incident claims second life
Sarina Rasoulzadeh, another victim of the fire that injured 22 students earlier this month, died today, December 28, at Sinai Hospital in Tabriz.
Photos: Minaret of historic Qazvin Jameh Mosque heavily damaged by fire
One of the two minarets of Qazvin Jameh Mosque was heavily damaged by a fire in the early hours of Saturday December 22. While thecause however has not been determined, the investigators believe that the fire was set by the building’s electrical wiring.
Activists call for minister’s resignation as second student dies
Eighty Kurdish political and civil activists in Iran have called for the resignation of the Minister of Education after a fire accident in an elementary school injured scores of students and, according to reports, has so far claimed two lives.
37 students injured in school fire accident
A fire accident in an elementary school in Western Azerbaijan Province injured 37 students on Wednesday December 5.
Sadeh Festival, Celebrating the Birth of Fire
Sadeh is an ancient Iranian tradition celebrated 50 days before Nowruz (Persian New Year) on 30th of January. It is the celebration of the birth of fire, the fire that never dies in our hearts.