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Madrid, Persian Festival Of Nowruz 2585
Iranian residents celebrate the Persian New Year, Nowruz 2585, at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, Spain, on the spring equinox of 2026. Nowruz 2585 marks the beginning of the Persian New Year, with the number 2585 corresponding to the imperial calendar (Shahanshahi), which counts the years from the founding of the Achaemenid Empire by Cyrus the Great, and coincides with the year 1405 of the Hijri solar calendar. (Photo by David Canales/NurPhoto)
