AIC Sends Nowruz Greetings!
Dear AIC Friends and Supporters,
Let me take this opportunity to share with you the joy of celebrating the Iranian New Year, Nowruz. We at AIC wish you the best in the year 1389, and hope that the New Year will usher in better US-Iran dialogue, understanding and relations.
Nowruz is rooted in the tradition of Zoroastrian belief system, the pre-Islamic religion of the Iranian people, and it has been celebrated by Iranians and all the major cultures of ancient Mesopotamia for over 3000 years. Nowruz is also enthusiastically celebrated by Iranian-Americans and other Iranian expatriates throughout the world. People in Persian-Turkish speaking regions and parts of the Southwest Asia and Europe celebrate Nowruz as well.
In 2009, The United Nations recognized Nowruz as an International Day, following the UNESCO’s lead to include Nowruz as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The US Congress, too, passed resolutions recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Nowruz. AIC is grateful to these and other institutions for their gracious recognition of the Iranian New Year.
We also wish to thank President Barak Obama for sending an important New Year message on March 21, 2010 in which he wished the Iranian people a peaceful and prosperous New Year, reiterated his commitment to a more just and hopeful future for all Iranians, and extended his offer of constructive engagement with Iran on the basis of mutual interest and respect. We hope that the Iranian Government will take President Obama on his words and open a serious dialogue with the United States. Please CLICK HERE to view and listen to this message.
Thank you and Happy New Year!
The American Iranian Council
