Iranian New Year, or Nowruz, is around the corner!

Iranians dressed in colorful traditional costumes have started celebrating the upcoming new year with street performances and display of decorations. Nowruz, which marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in Iranian calendar, starts on March 21 this year.

Iranians dressed in traditional costumes celebrate the upcoming Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, with street performances in Tehran, Iran, on March 15, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Iranian women wearing traditional costumes sit beside the Nowruz decorations in a street in Tehran, Iran, on March 15, 2021,to celebrate the upcoming Iranian New Year.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Iranian women dressed in traditional costumes celebrate the upcoming Iranian new year in a street in Tehran, Iran, on March 15, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

A man wearing traditional dress plays traditional music beside Nowruz decorations displayed in a street in Tehran, Iran, on March 15, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)