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BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Maryam Rajavi, wife of the leader of the Iranian opposition group People's Mujahedeen Massoud Rajavi, receives 21 March flowers from a comrade during celebrations to mark Iranian new year Noruz, or "new day". For the next 13 days, Iranians will celebrate Noruz with rites which date back almost 3, 000 years to ancient Persia's origins. (KEYSTONE/- PHOTO/AFP/Str)