Nowruz: Is It The Persian Or Iranian New Year?

How long have Iranians/Persians celebrated Nowruz?
Why do Iranians use the solar calendar, when most other cultures and countries around them use the lunar system?

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Dr. Khodadad Rezakhani⁠ is a lecturer and a senior research fellow at Leiden University. He is a historian of Global Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages, with a focus on Central and West Asia from 500-700 CE. His research focuses on the Sasanian and Early Islamic economy of the Near East.
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His books include:
📖 "ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity"
📖 "From Oxus to Euphrates: the World of Late Antique Iran"
📖 "Excavating an Empire: Achaemenid Persia in Longue Durée"
📖 "Iranians on the Silk Road: Merchants, Kingdoms, and Religions"

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