Fire Festival – Statement No. 4
Political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison chant “Death to dictator”
NCRI – The political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj, face-to-face with the clerical regime, held the Fire Festival in their cells and jumped over a small fire they had resourcefully set inside the cell chanting “Death to dictator”. In a measure to ratchet up pressure on the prisoners and bar them from holding the ceremony, prison’s henchmen had prevented prisoners from going out of their cells since Tuesday morning, March 17.
Similarly, in the city of Karaj, the youth held the Fire Festival and wrote the slogan of “Death to the principle of velayat-e faqih” on the city walls to express their loath for the religious fascism ruling Iran.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
March 18, 2015
Fire Festival – No. 3
In the city of Mahabad a clash broke out between the youth and the suppressive security forces that were preventing the holding of the Fire Festival.
Regime’s elements that were unable to confront the youth brought in reinforcement. The clashes led to the arrest of 10 of the youth.
In the city of Zanjan, the security forces are deployed at city’s intersections and conduct body search of the youth. In Mashhad, five buses of agents and 100 motorcycle riders are stationed in street 600 near Khayyam. The agents search those who pass by.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
March 17, 2015
Fire Festival – Statement No. 2
NCRI – Valiant youth of Tehran in Velenjak district set picture of the bloodthirsty Khomeini on fire while the youth in Esfahan did the same to Khamenei’s picture in that city.
In Tehran in Tehranpars Falakeh numbers one and two, around Haft Hoz, at Sarsabz Narmak intersection, in Ariashahr (Sadeqiyah), Sa’adatabad, alleys in the vicinity of Shariati and Bahar streets, under the Hafez Bridge, in Nav’vab, Beryanak, Pirouzi, Parastar and in Jolfa district near Mohseni Square people held the Fire Festival and after darkness set in one could constantly hear the noise of fire crackers and sound grenades. At Tajrish Square toward Mirdamad, herds of suppressive forces are conducting patrols and setting up check points.
In the city of Bushehr at the bazaar, in district 22nd of Bahman in Bandar Abbas, and at various places in Langeroud, people also held the Fire Festival.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
March 17, 2015
Iranians defy mullahs, mark Fire Festival
Iranians are defying the clerical regime to celebrate the “Festival of Fire,” a nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition, The Associated Press reported.
In Tehran, people lit bonfires in public places, set off fireworks and sent wish lanterns floating into the night sky as part of an annual ritual.
The holiday comes ahead of Nowruz, the Persian new year, which will be celebrated on March 21.
Fire Festival – Statement No. 1
NCRI – This afternoon, March 17, face-to-face with the mullahs’ regime, people in various cities of Iran held the Fire Festival ceremony despite threats and security and military provisions by suppressive forces. People turned this ceremony into a protest and confrontation with the anti-human clerical regime. As darkness set, noise of sound grenades, as well as fire crackers and bon fires, were heard and seen all over Tehran and the vast majority of cities throughout the country.
Despite the deployment of suppressive forces in different places in the city of Shiraz, the noise of handmade grenades and fire crackers could be heard from every corner of the city. City’s main terminal is the center for this ceremony.
In Qassemabad, Ahmadabad and Tollab districts in city of Mashhad noise of constant explosions are heard.
In the city of Zanjan, the noise of handmade grenades and fire crackers is continuously heard from various parts of the city including the city center, Northern and Southern Sa’adi, Rasht Gate, Homayoun Road, Sabzeh Square, Chamran Boulevard, and Safa Street.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
March 17, 2015
