yegic, author and researcher joining us from beirout, and mr. paul larudi, co-founder of the free palestine movement from berkeley. thank you very much for joining us and thank you to all of you viewers from. watching this edition of the spot. hello everyone, iranians are preparing now to welcome the arrival of norus or the persian new year in just few minutes time. now this year, people are celebrating this event around the country as the occasion coincides with the holy fasting month of ramadan. now celebrating no ruse in iran dates back thousands of years and is accompanied with many. customs to enter the new year with totally fresh and festive spirit, and now families, they visit one another, sit around that have seen a table to exchange gifts and affection and pray for a good year ahead to come, about 300 million people worldwide celebrate norus with traditions and rituals that vary each country. now back in 2009, the united nations proclaimed noruz an international event at the initiative. of several countries that share this event includi