What Top US senator wishes Happy Nowruz?”
AFP – Democratic Senator John Kerry offered his best wishes Friday to Iranian-Americans and others celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year. “Nowruz symbolizes a time of renewal and hope; we all should take a moment to reflect on the shared humanity that ties us together. May this new year bring you peace and prosperity,” the former US presidential hopeful said in a statement. Kerry, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hailed “the more than one million Iranian Americans of all religious backgrounds who share this day,” a 3,000-year-old holiday that falls on Sunday with the start of spring. His comments came days after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a first-of-its-kind resolution wishing Iranians and Iranian Americans a “prosperous new year.” Last year, US President Barack Obama used Nowruz to make an unprecedented direct appeal to Iranians, extending a hand to turn the page on three decades of hostility since the Islamic revolution ousted the pro-We
AFP – Democratic Senator John Kerry offered his best wishes Friday to Iranian-Americans and others celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year. “Nowruz symbolizes a time of renewal and hope; we all should take a moment to reflect on the shared humanity that ties us together. May this new year bring you peace and prosperity,” the former US presidential hopeful said in a statement. Kerry, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hailed “the more than one million Iranian Americans of all religious backgrounds who share this day,” a 3,000-year-old holiday that falls on Sunday with the start of spring. His comments came days after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a first-of-its-kind resolution wishing Iranians and Iranian Americans a “prosperous new year.” Last year, US President Barack Obama used Nowruz to make an unprecedented direct appeal to Iranians, extending a hand to turn the page on three decades of hostility since the Islamic revolution ousted the pro-We
