Videos: Iran’s Festival of Fire Sparks Protests
March 15, 2011
Persian2English – On the day of the Fire festival (Chahar Shanbe Soori), on the eve of the last Wednesday before the Iranian New Year (Norouz), Iranian citizens headed to the streets and created bonfires in the streets and chanted pro-democracy slogans.
Videos from Iran, March 15, 2011
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Shiraz: People chant, “Independence, freedom, Iranian republic”
Rasht: Honking protest
Tehran: People chant, “Mubarak, Ben-Ali, now it’s your turn Seyed Ali”
Tehran: A lot of noise in the streets filled with Iranian citizens
Tehran: Iranian woman chants loudly, “Death to dictator” and “Allah o Akbar”
Tehran: Here is the banner we have seen hanging from a bridge on the
Niayesh highway during recent protests in Iran.
It was hung again for Chahar Shanbe Soori. It reads: “Dictator, say hello to the end”.
Tehran: People chant, “Marg Bar Dictator”
Tehran: Alleged gunshots in Tehran
Shiraz: The chant is, “Not for Gaza, not for Lebanon, my life only for Iran”
Sanandaj: Regime motorcycles set on fire
Shiraz: The chant is: “Not for Gaza, not for Lebanon, my life only for Iran.”
Tehran: People chant, “Mubarak, Ben-Ali, now it’s your turn Seyed Ali”
Tehran: People sing an Iranian national anthem
Isfahan: People chant and hold hands
Ahvaz: Regime forces attack people and climb houses




















very very powerful videos! thanks for sharing! warm Naw-Ruz greetings! love and peace to all!