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Tehran, YJC. Tuesday evening's bonfire has taken its toll of the year as all previous years.

Tehran, YJC. Iran's tourism organization says the first 3 months of the Iranian year show a tripling of the number of tourists visiting the country compared to last year.

Tehran, YJC. The New Year in Iran comes with a host of observations. Seeing folks is one.

TEHRAN, YJC. Ghashogh-Zani is a part of the Charshanbeh-Suri, a special festival of fire traditionally held a few days before the Iranian New Year.

GWANGJU, South Korea, Nov 11, 2014 (AFP) - A South Korean court handed down a 36 year jail sentence Tuesday to the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank in April, but acquitted him of murdering the 304 people who died in the disaster.

Tehran, YJC. The New Year has been celebrated with a number of rituals in the northern province of Guilan.

TEHRAN, YJC. The Iranian minstrelsy, called "naqali" in Farsi, was registered as a UNESCO spiritual heritage 3 years ago, but the country's culture section has only found the chance to celebrate the milestone.

There's no smoke without ire: a ban on water pipes in restaurants and cafes has caused uproar in Jordan where $1 billion worth of tobacco goes up in smoke every year.

TEHRAN, YJC. Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on Iranian officials to focus their efforts on economic blossoming and cultural development.

In the Bost Hospital here, a teenage mother named Bibi Sherina sits on a bed in the severe acute malnutrition ward with her two children. Ahmed, at just 3 months old, looks bigger than his emaciated brother Mohammad, who is a year and a half and weighs 10 pounds.