Public holidays in Iran

Holidays in Iran:

Iran uses three official calendar systems. The Iranian calendar as the main date, the lunar Islamic calendar for religious events, and the Gregorian calendar for international events (like May Day).

Currently, there is a plan to remove six days from the holidays and add one being considered by Majlis of Iran. If the suggestions passes, the one additional day would be Shawwal 2, and the six days to be removed would be the Islamic Republic Day (Farvardin 12), Revolt of 15 Khordad (Khordad 15), Martyrdom of Imam Reza (Safar 29; it will remain in a holiday in the Razavi Khorasan province), Birth of Imam Ali (Rajab 13), and Martyrdom of Imam Jafar (Shawwal 25) [http://isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-568834] .

**Solar Holidays**
Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
Farvardin 1	Nowrooz	عید نوروز	Also known as "Eid"
Farvardin 2	Nowrooz	عید نوروز
Farvardin 3	Nowrooz	عید نوروز
Farvardin 4	Nowrooz	عید نوروز
Farvardin 12	Islamic Republic Day	روز جمهوری اسلامی
Farvardin 13	Nature Day	روز طبیعت	also known as Sizde-Bedar (سیزده‌بدر)
Khordad 14	Khomeini's death	رحلت امام خمینی
Khordad 15	Revolt of Khordad 15	قیام ۱۵ خرداد
Bahman 22	Victory of the Revolution	پیروزی انقلاب
Esfand 29	Nationalization of Oil Industry	ملی شدن صنعت نفت

**Lunar Holidays**
Date	English Name	Local Name
Muharram 9	"Tasu'a" of Imam Hussain	تاسوعا
Muharram 10	"Ashura" of Imam Hussain	عاشورا
Safar 20	"Arba'een" of Imam Hussain	اربعین
Safar 28	Demise of prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Imam Hassan (Mujtaba)	وفات حضرت محمد و شهادت امام حسن مجتبی
Safar 29	Martyrdom of Imam Reza	شهادت امام رضا
Rabi'-ul-Awwal 17	Birth of Muhammad and Imam Jafar	ولادت حضرت محمد و امام جعفر صادق
Jamaad-ath-Thaanee 3	Martyrdom of Fatima	شهادت حضرت فاطمه
Rajab 13	Birth of Imam Ali	ولادت حضرت علی
Rajab 27	Mission of Muhammad	بعثت حضرت محمد
Sha'aban 15	Birth of Imam Mahdi	ولادت حضرت مهدی
Ramadhan 21	Martyrdom of Imam Ali	شهادت حضرت علی
Shawwal 1	Eid ul-Fitr (End of Ramadhan)	عید فطر
Shawwal 25	Martyrdom of Imam Jafar	شهادت امام جعفر صادق
Dh-ul-Hajja 10	Eid ul-Adha (Ghurban)	عید قربان
Dh-ul-Hajja 18	Eid of Ghadeer	عید غدیر

ee also

* Student Day (Iran)
* Iranian calendar
* Al-Quds Day, the last Friday before the end of Ramadan
* Iranian festivals

External links

* [http://www.aaahoo.com/main/dispCalendar.asp?ULanID=E&PR=y Online Persian Calendar and holidays from aaahoo portal]
* [http://www.khetabeghadir.com/ خطابه غدیر]

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