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Iranian Nature’s Day In War Zone
Iranian musicians prepare to perform in a state-run live concert on the Nature Bridge during Sizdah Bedar, also known as Nature's Day, at a park in the Abbasabad Cultural and Tourist Area in central Tehran, Iran, on April 2, 2026, amid U.S.-Israeli military operations in Iran. Sizdah Bedar is an Iranian festival held annually on the thirteenth day of Farvardin (the first month of the Iranian calendar), during which people spend time outdoors and mark the end of the Nowruz holidays in Iran. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)