Iranian Kurdish Peshmerga members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of KDP Iran take part in a training ahead of celebrating Noruz the Persian New Year in the town of Koya 100 kms north of Arbil the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on March 19 2016 The Persian New Year is an ancient Zoroastrian tradition celebrated by Iranians and Kurds which coincides with the vernal spring equinox and is calculated by the solar calender AFP SAFIN HAMED Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMEDAFPGetty Images