Security forces flooded the streets to ensure that a traditional fire festival, which Iranians celebrate by jumping over bonfires and letting off crackers, would not be co-opted by the opposition.

As the water turns into steam, it extracts latent heat from the fire and cools the smoke-thereby preventing the fire from jumping to a new location.

I so love the touch of his fingers, so gently, yet slightly quivering with excitement, as if through his tender skin, I could sense his fire-like passion in his jumping heart.