Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...

An Iranian woman jumps over a bonfire celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year, in Tehran, Iran ...

The fire festival comes ahead of Nowruz, the Persian new year (Vahid Salemi/AP) Bonfires, fireworks and a form of trick-or-treating take place during the festival (AP) The joy sometimes overcomes ...

The fire festival ... in Farsi, the festival comes in the hours just before the Wednesday before Nowruz, which is the Persian New Year. To celebrate, people light bonfires, set off fireworks ...

The fire festival is part of Iran's pre-Islamic heritage and generally frowned upon by the Shiite clerical establishment — ATTA KENARE Iranians on Tuesday lit bonfires in the streets and jumped over ...

Community arts venue The Black-e will host the festival practice space, workshops and ticket registration. There will also be 'fire jam' with music and DJs at a secret location still be revealed.