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Encyclopedia > Holidays in Iran

Holidays in Iran: In the United States, a holiday is a day set aside by a nation or culture (in some cases, multiple nations and cultures) typically for celebration but sometimes for some other kind of special culture-wide (or national) observation or activity. ...


Iran uses three official calendar systems. The solar Islamic calendar as the main date, the lunar Islamic calendar for religious events, and the Gregorian calendar for international events (like the May Day). This article is in need of attention. ... The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar (also called Hijri calendar) is the calendar used to date events in predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Muslim holy days. ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. ... May Day is a name for various holidays celebrated on May 1 (or in the beginning of May). ...


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) [1]. مجلس شورای اسلامی - The Majles; Irans Parliament. ... Razavi Khorasan (in Persian: خراسان رضوی) is a province located in northeastern Iran. ...

Solar Holidays
Date English Name Local Name Remarks
Farvardin 1 Nowrooz عید نوروز
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 a.k.a. 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 Remarks
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 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 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

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NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Iran (2197 words)
Iran (Persia: ایران) is a Middle Eastern country located in southwestern Asia that until 1935 was referred to in the West as Persia.
In 1953, Iran's prime minister Mohammed Mossadeq, who had been elected to parliament in 1923 and again in 1944, and who had been prime minister since 1951, was removed from power in a complex plot orchestrated by British and US intelligence agencies ("Operation Ajax").
Iran's makeup has several intricately connected governing bodies, some of which are democratically elected and some of which operate by co-opting people based on their religious expertise.
Iran History of Iran Study of Iran Country of Iran Arkansas Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Arkansas Arkansas History ... (1097 words)
In 1953, Iran's socialist prime minister Mohammed Mossadeq, who had been elected to parliament in 1923 and again in 1944, and who had been prime minister since 1951, was removed from power in a complex plot orchestrated by British and US intelligence agencies("Operation Ajax").
Iran's economy is a mixture of central planning, state ownership of oil and other large enterprises, village agriculture, and small-scale private trading and service ventures.
Iran's population size increased dramatically in the latter part of the 20th century.
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