A Jewish friend of mine who had an Iranian girlfriend says so.
The story of Esther to place in Shushan (aka Susa), Persia. Her husband, the king of Persia identified as Xerxes I(aka Ahasuerus) converted later to Judaism according to the rabbis. I am sure this king had an influence on the people he ruled with Jewish traditions he might have celebrated.
The equivalent of Noruz is celebrated in India, too. It’s the new year event (around Spring) in the Indo-Aryan traditions, which goes back centuries before any Jewish contact.
Encyclopaedia-Britannica actually mentions the influence in the opposite direction, that the Jewish Purim is an offshoot of Noruz.