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Trevor asks about Iranian holidays that he had never heard of before befriending Fereydoon. They learn a little history, discover some fun music, and reveal that Trevor is terrible at pronouncing words from foreign languages.</p><p></p><p>Nowruz Waltz by Ahmed Ashoorpoor: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://soundcloud.com/pedram-eftekhari/5vkkibzhjqyf?ref=whatsapp-image&amp;p=a&amp;c=0&amp;si=c790577ef02c4f479871db1289af4ade&amp;utm_source=whatsapp&amp;utm_medium=message&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/pedram-eftekhari/5vkkibzhjqyf?ref=whatsapp-image&amp;p=a&amp;c=0&amp;si=c790577ef02c4f479871db1289af4ade&amp;utm_source=whatsapp&amp;utm_medium=message&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing</a></p><p></p><p>Rap song highlighting the different regions and languages in Iran: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTHeb8mKQU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTHeb8mKQU</a></p><p></p><p>This year (2026), Night of Wednesday is on March 17th and Nowruz is on March 20th. 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Trevor asks about Iranian holidays that he had never heard of before befriending Fereydoon. They learn a little history, discover some fun music, and reveal that Trevor is terrible at pronouncing words from foreign languages.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nowruz Waltz by Ahmed Ashoorpoor: &lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot; href=&quot;https://soundcloud.com/pedram-eftekhari/5vkkibzhjqyf?ref=whatsapp-image&amp;amp;p=a&amp;amp;c=0&amp;amp;si=c790577ef02c4f479871db1289af4ade&amp;amp;utm_source=whatsapp&amp;amp;utm_medium=message&amp;amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://soundcloud.com/pedram-eftekhari/5vkkibzhjqyf?ref=whatsapp-image&amp;amp;p=a&amp;amp;c=0&amp;amp;si=c790577ef02c4f479871db1289af4ade&amp;amp;utm_source=whatsapp&amp;amp;utm_medium=message&amp;amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rap song highlighting the different regions and languages in Iran: &lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot; href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTHeb8mKQU&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTHeb8mKQU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This year (2026), Night of Wednesday is on March 17th and Nowruz is on March 20th. 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