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Iran (Islamic Republic of) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

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  • Iran holds a world record as far as of non working days (132 yearly, week-ends incl.).
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  • Week-end: Thursday afternoon & Friday
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    Saturday March 4, 2023Arbor Daycards/flowers
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    Sunday March 5, 2023Arbor DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Wednesday March 8, 2023Birthday of Imam MahdiSecular holiday
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    Thursday March 16, 2023New year holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday March 20, 2023Oil Nationalization daySecular holiday
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    Tuesday March 21, 2023Daylight Saving TimeSpecial Events
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    Tuesday March 21, 2023NoruzZoroastrian
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    Wednesday March 22, 2023NoruzZoroastrian
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    Thursday March 23, 2023Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)cards/flowers
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    Thursday March 23, 2023NoruzZoroastrian
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    Friday March 24, 2023NoruzZoroastrian
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    Saturday April 1, 2023April Fools Daycards/flowers
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    Saturday April 1, 2023Islamic Republic DayNational Day
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    Sunday April 2, 2023New year holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday April 2, 2023Day of NatureSecular holiday
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    Sunday April 2, 2023Sizdah-bedar (National day to end Noruz)Events, celebrations...
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    Saturday April 8, 2023National Day of Nuclear TechnologyEvents, celebrations...
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    Wednesday April 12, 2023Martyrdom of Imam AliSecular holiday
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    Saturday April 22, 2023End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Sunday April 23, 2023End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Tuesday May 16, 2023Martyrdom of Imam SadeqSecular holiday
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    Wednesday May 17, 2023Omar Khayyam DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Sunday June 4, 2023Death of Imam KhomeiniSecular holiday
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    Monday June 5, 2023Anniversary of Uprising Against the ShahSecular holiday
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    Thursday June 8, 2023National Day of Literature for Children and Young AdultsEvents, celebrations...
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    Saturday June 10, 2023Tour d'AzerbaïdjanSports events
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    Thursday June 15, 2023National Flower DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Saturday June 17, 2023Iran Food & Bev TecTradeshows
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    Wednesday June 21, 2023Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday June 29, 2023Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Friday July 7, 2023Eid al-GhadeerMuslim, Sufi
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    Wednesday July 19, 2023El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)cards/flowers
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    Friday July 28, 2023Tasu’aSecular holiday
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    Saturday July 29, 2023AshuraMuslim, Sufi
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    Thursday September 7, 2023Arba’in-e HosseiniSecular holiday
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    Thursday September 14, 2023Death of the Prophet & Martyrdom of Imam HassanSecular holiday
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    Saturday September 16, 2023Martyrdom of Imam RezaMuslim, Sufi
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    Sunday September 17, 2023National Day of Poetry and LiteratureEvents, celebrations...
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    Thursday September 21, 2023Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Saturday September 23, 2023Daylight Saving TimeSpecial Events
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    Sunday September 24, 2023Martyrdom of Hasan al-AskariSecular holiday
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    Arbor Day

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    Saturday March 4, 2023
    cards/flowers : Tree-planting day

    Arbor Day

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    Sunday March 5, 2023
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    Birthday of Imam Mahdi

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    Wednesday March 8, 2023
    Secular holiday : Muhammad al-Mahdī (born 868) is the twelfth and final Shi'a Imam. He is the person believed by Shi'as to be the Mahdi; a figure considered by both Sunnis and Shias to be the ultimate saviour of humankind. Shi'as believe that he was born in 868 and has been hidden by God to later emerge to fulfill his mission. They believe that in the future he will bring absolute peace and justice throughout the world by establishing Islam as the global religion. Wikipedia

    New year holiday (beginning)

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    Thursday March 16, 2023
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    Oil Nationalization day

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    Monday March 20, 2023
    Secular holiday : In March, 1951, Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, a nationalist, received the vote required from the Iranian parliament to nationalize the British-owned oil corporation, Anglo Iran Oil Company, in a situation known as the Abadan Crisis. Despite British pressure, including an economic blockade which caused real hardship, the nationalization continued. In 1954 it was suspended by the Shah, who in 1973 re-nationalized oil. http://www.cbi.ir

    Daylight Saving Time

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    Tuesday March 21, 2023
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    Noruz

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    Tuesday March 21, 2023
    Zoroastrian : no means new and rouz means day in Persian. Celebrates new year in Iran and various Central Asian countries (as well as among the Kurds). Considered as the beginning of the Baha'í year.

    Noruz

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    Wednesday March 22, 2023
    Zoroastrian : no means new and rouz means day in Persian. Celebrates new year in Iran and various Central Asian countries (as well as among the Kurds). Considered as the beginning of the Baha'í year.

    Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Thursday March 23, 2023
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    Noruz

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    Thursday March 23, 2023
    Zoroastrian : no means new and rouz means day in Persian. Celebrates new year in Iran and various Central Asian countries (as well as among the Kurds). Considered as the beginning of the Baha'í year.

    Noruz

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    Friday March 24, 2023
    Zoroastrian : no means new and rouz means day in Persian. Celebrates new year in Iran and various Central Asian countries (as well as among the Kurds). Considered as the beginning of the Baha'í year.

    April Fools Day

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    Saturday April 1, 2023
    cards/flowers : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.

    Islamic Republic Day

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    Saturday April 1, 2023
    Secular holiday : On April 1, 1979, after a landslide victory in a national referendum in which only one choice was offered (Islamic Republic: Yes or No), Ayatollah Khomeini declared an Islamic republic with a new Constitution reflecting his ideals of Islamic government. Ayatollah Khomeini became supreme spiritual leader (Valy-e-Faqih) of Iran.

    New year holiday (end)

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    Sunday April 2, 2023
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    Day of Nature

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    Sunday April 2, 2023
    Secular holiday : Sizdah-Bedar

    Sizdah-bedar (National day to end Noruz)

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    Sunday April 2, 2023
    Culture : The thirteenth day of the Persian New Year marks the end of the Noruz break. This tradition is called Sizdah Bedar (sizdah means thirteen) which in English translates to getting rid of thirteen . The concept of avoiding the number thirteen is mainly to symbolize the will and power to deal with all evil in the new year. http://www.farhangsara.com

    National Day of Nuclear Technology

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    Saturday April 8, 2023
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    Martyrdom of Imam Ali

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    Wednesday April 12, 2023
    Secular holiday : According to tradition, three Muslim zealots (purists later termed Kharijites) had agreed to assassinate Ali, Mu'awiyah and `Amr. The assassins sent against Mu'awiyah and `Amr failed; the only assassin who succeeded was the one who attacked Ali. Ali suffered a mortal head wound on the 19th of Ramadan while he was performing morning prayers in mosque in the city of Kufa. Some say that the sword that wounded him was poisoned. According to the Shia tradition, as he was being struck, Ali said By the Lord of the Ka'bah, I have succeeded ! Wikipedia

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Saturday April 22, 2023
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    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Sunday April 23, 2023
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    Martyrdom of Imam Sadeq

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    Tuesday May 16, 2023
    Secular holiday : Jafar Sadeq (April 20, 702 - December 4, 765), is considered the sixth Shi'a imam by Twelver Shi'a Muslims. He was a theologian and jurist. His rulings are the basis of the Jafari school of Shi'a jurisprudence; but he is well respected by Sunnis for his contributions to the Sunni scholarship as well. The dispute over who was to succeed him led to the split of the Ismailis from the mainstream Twelver Shi'a and the establishment of the Aga Khans' family line. He died on December 4, 765. Some say that he was poisoned, thus becoming a martyr, like the Shi'a imams before him. He is buried in Medina, in the famous Jannat al-Baqi cemetery. Wikipedia

    Omar Khayyam Day

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    Wednesday May 17, 2023
    Culture : Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), a Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet, was renowned in his own country and in his own lifetime for his scientific achievements, but is chiefly known to English-speaking readers through the translation by the English writer Edward Fitzgerald of a collection of his Rubaiyat (“quatrains”) in “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” (1859).

    Death of Imam Khomeini

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    Sunday June 4, 2023
    Secular holiday : Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini (May 17, 1900? - June 3, 1989) was a Shi'a Muslim cleric, and the political and spiritual leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. Following the Revolution, Khomeini held the office of Supreme Leader, the paramount figure in the political system of the new Islamic Republic, and retained this position until his death. Khomeini was considered a spiritual leader to many Shi'a Muslims, and in Iran is officially addressed as Imam rather than Ayatollah. Khomeini was also a highly influential and innovative Islamic political theorist, most noted for his development of the theory of the guardianship of the jurisconsult . Wikipedia

    Anniversary of Uprising Against the Shah

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    Monday June 5, 2023
    Secular holiday : On the afternoon of June 3, 1963, Khomeini delivered a speech in which he warned the Shah that if he did not change his ways the day would come when the people would offer up thanks for his departure from the country. The immediate effect of the Imam's speech was his arrest two days later at 3 a.m. by a group of commandos, who hastily transferred him to the Qasr Prison in Tehran. As dawn broke on June 4, the news of his arrest spread first through Qom and then to other cities. Masses of angry demonstrators were confronted by tanks and ruthlessly slaughtered. It was not until six days later that order was fully restored. This uprising of Khordad 15, 1342 (the day in the Iranian calendar on which it began) marked a turning point in Iranian history. The events of the 15th of Khordadcan indeed be characterized as the prelude to the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79.

    National Day of Literature for Children and Young Adults

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    Thursday June 8, 2023
    Culture : Marks the death anniversary of the celebrated Iranian children author Mehdi Azar Yazdi

    Tour d'Azerbaïdjan

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    Saturday June 10, 2023
    Sports events : Www.les-sports.info bicycle championship 2023 edition confirmed

    National Flower Day

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    Thursday June 15, 2023
    Culture : On this day flowers are planted in green areas, the Martyry Section of the Behesht Zahra cemetery is showered with flowers

    Iran Food & Bev Tec

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    Saturday June 17, 2023
    Tradeshows : Www.iran-foodbevtec.com lasts 4 days - in Tehran 2023 edition CONFIRMED

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday June 21, 2023
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    Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Thursday June 29, 2023
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    Eid al-Ghadeer

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    Friday July 7, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi : Anniversary commemorating Muhammad's last sermon at Ghadir Khumm, which occurred 18th of Dhu al-Hijjah of 10 AH in the Islamic calendar. It is an event celebrated by Shi'a Muslims, who regard it as the confirmation of Ali ibn Abi Talib's succession to Muhammad (Wikipedia)

    El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Wednesday July 19, 2023
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    Tasu’a

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    Friday July 28, 2023
    Secular holiday : Tasu'a is the day when army of Yazid besieged Hazret-e-Imam Hosein and His companions to fight against them. In remembrance of the great sacrifices of Hazret-e-Imam Hosein and his 72 friends, processions persist across Iran. Mourners attend religious ceremonies.

    Ashura

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    Saturday July 29, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi : Husayn ibn Ali martyrdom day, killed in the year 680 in Kerbala (Iraq) fighting injustice.

    Arba’in-e Hosseini

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    Thursday September 7, 2023
    Secular holiday : The name simply means 40 in Arabic, and celebrates the 40th and last day of the mourning period for Imam Hussein, killed on the flat plain outside Karbala in 680 CE. Since Ashura is the date of his martyrdom, Arbain is always observed 40 days after Ashura. http://www.cbi.ir/about/holidays.asp

    Death of the Prophet & Martyrdom of Imam Hassan

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    Thursday September 14, 2023
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    Martyrdom of Imam Reza

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    Saturday September 16, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi : Imam Reza (766 - 818) 8th shia, Imam Reza ( 766-818) was poisoned caliph Al-Ma'mun. Buried in Mashhad.

    National Day of Poetry and Literature

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    Sunday September 17, 2023
    Culture : Commemorates poet Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (1906-1988)

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Thursday September 21, 2023
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    Daylight Saving Time

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    Saturday September 23, 2023
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    Martyrdom of Hasan al-Askari

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    Sunday September 24, 2023
    Secular holiday : (c. 846 – 874) was the 11th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam, after his father Ali al-Hadi. He was also called Abu Muhammad and Ibn al-Ridha. Because Samarra, the city where he lived, was a garrison town, he is generally known as al-Askari (Askar is the word for military in Arabic). Al-Askari married Narjis Khatun and was kept under house arrest or in prison for most of his life, until, according to some Shia sources, he was poisoned at the age of 28 on the orders of the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tamid and was buried in Samarra. It was known that many Shia were looking forward to the succession of his son, Muhammad al-Mahdi, as they believed him to be the twelfth Imam, who was destined to remove injustice from the world. [Wikipedia]