Countries
The Nowruz Commission is comprised of a group of countries and communities whose populations celebrate the exact moment of the Vernal Equinox, the arrival of spring, as New Year.
19 countries and communities are currently represented in one or more of the following forms:
1. Participation by a diplomatic mission in the United States
- Embassy of Afghanistan
- Embassy of Azerbaijan
- Embassy of Georgia
- Embassy of Iraq
- Embassy of Kazakhstan
- Kurdish Regional Government
- Embassy of Kyrgyzstan
- Embassy of Russia
- Embassy of Tajikistan
- Embassy of Turkey
- Embassy of Turkmenistan
- Embassy of Ukraine
2. Representation from a country/community to the Nowruz Commission Board of Directors and/or Advisory Council
In addition to representatives from the countries/communities listed above, Canada and The Iranian-American Community are also represented on the Nowruz Commission Board of Directors.
3. Representation by Nowruz Commission in countries abroad
The Commission is represented by our Country Ambassadors in The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, The Republic of Azerbaijan, Canada, The French Republic, The Republic of Georgia, The Italian Republic, The United Kingdom, The Republic of Tajikistan, and The Republic of Turkey.