Iranian President Congratulates Regional Countries on Nowruz
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani sent separate congratulatory messages to the heads of nine regional countries on the occasion of Nowruz, hoping for closer cooperation, friendship and peaceful coexistence all over the region.
On the eve of the Persian New Year and hours before beginning of spring, President Rouhani sent separate messages on Saturday evening to Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkey on the ancient and globally renowned event of Nowruz.
In his congratulatory message, the president hailed Nowruz as the symbol of “moderation” whose message is “peace, coexistence and rapport.”
“Nowruz is the festival of moderation and the most ancient dynamic tradition of our common history; a festival that never collects the dust of time and oblivion and its message is peace, cohabitation and empathy, being the best time to plant the sapling of friendship,” the president wrote in the message, according to his official website.
“Nowruz celebration is reminiscent of a sublime civilization throughout the human history and the haunt of cultures and moderation-seeking nations’ celebration,” he added.
President Rouhani also touched on the “historic” nuclear deal between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) and the subsequent termination of anti-Iran sanctions, hoping for the expansion of relations among neighbors, friendship, and new conditions for peaceful coexistence.
Iran and the six powers reached a lasting agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program in July 2015. The accord took effect in January this year, terminating all nuclear-related sanctions against Iran.
