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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 ...
Iranian Jews celebrate all the same holidays as Jews worldwide, but often maintain unique customs in the observance of those holidays. Some more uniquely Iranian traditions include: Purim is particularly special among Jews in Iran because it recounts the story of a Jewish queen married to a Persian king in Susa, Iran and the central figures of ...
New Year celebration of Spring. Public holiday in Iran. Note: Nowruz is the day after the March equinox. March 20–24: March 21–25: March 22–26 12 Farvardin: Islamic Republic Day: Public holiday in Iran: March 31: April 1: April 2 13 Farvardin: Sizdah Bedar: Public holiday in Iran: April 1: April 2: April 3 3 Ordibehesht: Teacher's Day in ...
Iran has announced that Wednesday and Thursday will be public holidays because of “unprecedented heat” and told the elderly and people with health conditions to stay indoors, Iranian state ...
Public holidays in Iran; A. Anniversary of the Iranian revolution; I. Islamic Republic of Iran Army Day This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 05:00 ...
The current holiday was established by the former Supreme Leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini on April 18, 1979. Previously, Army Day was celebrated on February 21 ( Esfand 3) to commemorate the 1921 Persian coup d'état during the Qajar era . [ 2 ]
Iran has now lost one of its most important bulwarks in the region. That will be cause for celebration in Israel, which has been fighting Iranian-backed forces in Gaza (Hamas) and Lebanon ...
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 ...