Iran uses three official calendar systems, including the Solar Hijri calendar as the main and national calendar, the Gregorian calendar for international events and Christian holidays, and the Lunar Hijri calendar for Islamic holidays.
In 2008, the Iranian government's English-language newspaper Iran Daily wrote that "[the] problem of too many annual public holidays has perpetually been a subject of concern,"[1] pointing out that the government would often declare "unofficial holidays [...] to allow extended weekends" around the national holidays. "[I]f official and unofficial holidays are added to weekends, almost half the year the country is holidaying! The serious issue of so many holidays should not be tolerated [...]"[1]
Iran is one of the countries with the most public holidays in the world, with around 25 holidays. Many holidays' exact dates are determined by the Islamic calendar, and therefore their Gregorian dates vary from year to year.
| Date | Event | Local Name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farvardin 1–4 | Nowruz (March 21–24) | نوروز – Nowruz | Iranian New Year |
| Farvardin 12 | Islamic Republic Day (April 1) | روز جمهوری اسلامی – Ruz e Jomhuri ye Eslāmi | |
| Farvardin 13 | Sizdah Bedar (April 2) | سیزده بدر | Commonly pronounced and spelled Sizdah Bedar |
| Khordad 14 | Death of Khomeini (June 4) | رحلت روحالله خمینی – Rehlat e Xomeyni | |
| Khordad 15 | Revolt of Khordad 15 (June 5) | قیام ۱۵ خرداد – Qiām e Pānzdah e Xordād | |
| Bahman 22 | Anniversary of Islamic Revolution (February 11) | انقلاب اسلامی پنجاه و هفت – Enqelāb e Eslāmi | Officially the Islamic Revolution |
| Esfand 29 | Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry (March 20) | ملی شدن صنعت نفت – Melli Šodan e Saneat e Naft |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Muharram 9 | Tasua |
| Muharram 10 | Ashura |
| Safar 20 | Arbaeen |
| Safar 28 | Demise of Prophet Muhammad and Hasan ibn Ali (Mujtaba) |
| Safar 29 or 30 | Martyrdom of Ali al-Rida |
| Rabi'-ul-Awwal 17 | Birth of Muhammad and Ja'far al-Sadiq |
| Jamaad-ath-Thaanee 3 | Martyrdom of Fatima |
| Rajab 13 | Birth of Ali |
| Rajab 27 | Mission of Muhammad |
| Sha'aban 15 | Birth of Mahdi |
| Ramadhan 21 | Martyrdom of Ali |
| Shawwal 1 | Eid ul-Fitr (End of Ramadhan) |
| Shawwal 25 | Martyrdom of Ja'far al-Sadiq |
| Dh-ul-Hajja 10 | Eid ul-Adha (Ghurban) |
| Dh-ul-Hajja 18 | Eid al-Ghadeer |
See also
References
- 1 2 "Always on Holiday!". Iran Daily. 2008-11-11. Archived from the original on 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
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