IRI president off to Tajikistan for Nowruz fest

IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran for Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Saturday morning to participate in the third International Nowruz Celebrations there. Prior to his departure, President Ahmadinejad told reporters that celebrations on Nowruz will be held annually as the International Nowruz Day has been proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on March 21. Iran’s President is attending the third Nowruz festival in Tajikistan at the invitation of his Tajik counterpart. During the past two years, the first and second international celebrations on Nowruz were held in Tehran