Kurds Celebrate Nowrooz in Iraq
bbc
21-Mar-2010

The Persian New Year has been celebrated for 3000 years across a whole swathe of the world which used to form the ancient Persian empire.

This year, the United Nations General Assembly recognised Nowruz as a national holiday.

BBC Persian Television's Jiyar Gol went to Akre, a small Kurdish Iraqi town near the Iranian border to find out more.

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