Iranian Women Burn Head Scarves Amid Fire Festival
- By RFE/RL's Radio Farda and
- Neil Bowdler
Women in the Iranian capital, Tehran, burned their head scarves amid the annual fire festival known as Chaharshanbeh Suri. Videos posted on social media showed anti-government protests erupting in several Iranian cities as celebrations ahead of the Persian New Year, Norouz, turned to defiance.