No Ruz, new day or New Year as the Iranians call it, is a celebration of spring Equinox.
It has been celebrated by all the major cultures of ancient Mesopotamia. Sumerians
3000BC, Babylonians 2000 BC, the ancient kingdom of Elam in Southern Persia
2000BC, and Akaddians all have been celebrating it in one form or another.......
http://www.payvand.com/news/04/mar/1137.html
http://www.payvand.com/newyear.html
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/bashiri/Nowruz/NowRuz.html
http://www.wwwebart.com/newart/
