(ANSA) - ROMA, 18 MAR - Goldfish for sale swim in a tank at a
street market for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Tehran, Iran,
17 March 2023. Traditionally, Iranians buy goldfish and flowers
to mark Nowruz, which this year falls on 20 March. Nowruz, which
has been celebrated for at least three thousand years, is the
most revered celebration in the greater Persian world, which
includes the countries of Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey,
and portions of western China and northern Iraq. (ANSA).