In this photo released by official website of the Iranian Presidency on Monday, March 20, 2017, behind the New Year’s table items President Hassan Rouhani poses for a portrait in a session to deliver a message for the Iranian New Year, Iran. Nowruz, a festival to celebrate the new Persian year starts with the spring. Iranians follow the Persian solar year, and this year, they begin the year 1396. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP/RSS)