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Iranian Islamic Republic Day (Persian: روز جمهوری اسلامی) is Farvardin 12, known as Ruz e Jomhuri ye Eslāmi. [1] The day is a national [2] and a public holiday in Iran. [3] [4] [5] It marks the day that the results of the 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum were announced. The results announced were a 98.2% vote for the ...
Iran is one of the countries with the most public holidays in the world, [citation needed] with 28 holidays. Many holidays' exact dates are determined by the Islamic calendar , and therefore their Gregorian dates vary from year to year.
The Soviet-backed Kurdish Republic of Mahabad declared its independence from Iran. 2 March: Iran crisis: British troops withdrew from Iran. The Soviet Union violated its prior agreement and remained. 9 May: Iran crisis: The Soviet Union withdrew from Iran. 11 December: Iran regained control over the territory of the Azerbaijan People's ...
In April, Iran launched approximately 300 missiles and drones in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria that destroyed the Iranian consulate building, killing Gen. Mohammad Reza ...
'decade of dawn') [1] [2] is a ten-day celebration of Ruhollah Khomeini's return to Iran in 1979. [2] [3] The annual celebration is held between 1 and 11 February. [4] Its beginning coincides with the date of Khomeini's arrival and ending with the Iranian Revolution; a day called the Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, Islamic Revolution's ...
The eight-year-long Iran–Iraq War (September 1980 – August 1988, known as The Imposed War in Iran [99]) was the most important international event for the first decade of the Islamic Republic and possibly for its history so far. It helped to strengthen the revolution although it cost Iran much in lives and treasure.
Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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