2024-03-12T19:38:59+00:00
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/ The pinnacle of the Iranian Emergency Group, Jaafar Meadfar, introduced this night, Tuesday, that a whole bunch had been killed and injured throughout the celebrations happening in Iranian cities, on the final Wednesday evening of the present Iranian 12 months, whereas the Ministry of Well being reported a statistic of the victims of roughly 1,200 individuals.
Mead Far stated, in an announcement to state tv, that “at the very least 15 individuals have been killed to this point, whereas 839 individuals have been severely injured after being uncovered to fires throughout the current celebrations.”
He said that “41 of the injured had their limbs amputated, 258 suffered burns to their our bodies, and 167 suffered eye accidents.”
For its half, the Iranian Ministry of Well being introduced that “the variety of useless and injured was 1,184 individuals, together with 15 useless, 93 of whom had burns that brought on the amputation of components of their our bodies, whereas 405 individuals sustained accidents to their eyes, and 484 suffered burns to the physique.”
Iranian official media reported that some houses in varied cities, together with the capital, Tehran, Tabriz, Karaj, Sanandaj, Mashhad, Semnan, and others, had been severely broken by fires throughout these celebrations.
Iranian police forces have intensified their deployment in public streets, to confront revelers who hearth bullets and incendiary supplies, whereas the Ministry of Training has disrupted night colleges.
The Commander of the Police Forces, Main Normal Ahmed Reda Radan, introduced that the shooters will likely be detained and won’t be launched till the tip of the Nowruz vacation, which lasts for 2 weeks.
Yearly, Iranians have fun the final evening of the final Wednesday earlier than Nowruz, which falls on March 21 of every 12 months, and is known as “Pink Wednesday” or “Feast of Fireplace,” which is understood in Persian as “Jaharshanbeh Suri.”
The evening of “Pink Wednesday” is characterised by holding a fire-jumping ceremony in houses or exterior, the place members of the family collect round one another and lightweight 3, 5, or 7 hearth pots, then leap over them.
The federal government newspaper “Iran” stated, “This celebration is likely one of the historical festivals in Iran, which is held on the eve of Nowruz, however in recent times, the way in which this conventional ceremony is held has witnessed disagreeable modifications, and this historical celebration has develop into a celebration for the explosion of incendiary supplies and firecrackers.”