Elahe Izadi | الهه @ElaheIzadi
after the 1979 revolution, Iran "tried to scale back [how] Nowruz is celebrated, citing the holiday’s pre-Islamic roots as grounds for its removal...the prospect of losing [it] prompted furious pushback that was too overwhelming to brush aside." https://t.co/CVx5fEoszf — PolitiTweet.org