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Barnet Starts Iranian Sanctions Early

So Barnet council are to shut two of their parks to keep partying Iranians out this weekend? It is true that Iranians don’t have a very good grasp of the Keep Britain Tidy business, but this really is quite Scrooge-like on the part of Barnet. …

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Last Minute Listing: Nowrooz @ the Ritzy

To celebrate the Iranian New Year the Ritzy in Brixton is hosting a screening of the incredibly brilliant docu-film No One Knows About Persian Cats. The film follows the fortunes of a young couple, Ash and Negar, in the Iranian underground music scene, and is …

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On Strange Iranian Practices

A warning. Today is the thirteenth day (seezdahbehdah) after Nowrooz, the Iranian New Year. The end of two weeks of celebration. And Iranians, being as superstitious as the next man, believe that it is unlucky to stay indoors. So if London’s parks are full of …

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Nowrooz-et-an Pyruz. And a Happy New Persian Year to you!

The joy of living in such a multi-cultural metropolis, is that there is always a party going on somewhere. Now you might have thought that it was enough already that this week starts with Guinness and St. Patrick and ends up with that mega-choc-fest, Easter…. …