From Iran today:
March 15, 2010 Warnings against celebrating the fire festivities
My son reported that at school a 25 year-old Basiji came and spoke with the kids about the dangers of celebrating Chaharshanbeh Soori – the fires and fireworks. He said the guy made the kids feel bad about celebrating. Another kid I spoke with said the same happened in his school. However, it seems many people are not paying attention to the warnings. We invited a school mate over the same day the kids had their talk and the school mate said he couldn’t come over because his school service (cab) driver was taking all the boys out to but fireworks! So much for towing the party line! Unless they figure out quickly how to get the cooperation of everyone, this gum’t has lost the war.
My sig other was at the store down the street when an old man told him that this gum’t had really messed this celebration up. He said that in the past Chaharshanbeh Soori was a fun but quiet celebration where people would get together and build bonfires in their neighborhoods, jump a bit and it was over. But NO the mullahs had to go and build a fireworks factory in Iran and ban bonfires! He blamed these guys for bringing all the fireworks and dangers upon themselves.
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