Why Nowruz face-off poses a new challenge for Rowhani (Camelia Entekhabi-Fard, Al Arabiya)

Nowruz day (the vernal equinox and the first day of the year in the Iranian calendar) is considered the most festive and celebratory day in the country. Family and friends who may have fallen out with one another set their differences aside and reconcile on this occasion. Keeping this custom in mind, the messages of New Year’s greeting delivered by politicians are usually conciliatory while also elaborating a general policy that the supreme leader and the president like to pursue.

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