Language/Iranian-persian/Culture/Public-holidays-in-Iran

• Did you know that in Iran, the workweek is from Saturday to Thursday and the weekend is Friday?

Besides Fridays, there are several other national or religious holidays:

Public holidays in Iran

Date	Weekday	Holiday Name
Feb 11	Sunday	Revolution Day
Mar 20	Tuesday	Oil Nationalization Day
Mar 21	Wednesday	Norooz (Persian New Year)
Mar 22	Thursday	Norooz Holiday
Mar 23	Friday	Norooz Holiday
Mar 24	Saturday	Norooz Holiday
Mar 30	Friday	Birthday of Imam Ali
Apr 1	Sunday	Islamic Republic Day
Apr 2	Monday	Nature Day
Apr 13	Friday	Prophet's Ascension
May 2	Wednesday	Imam Mahdi's birthday
Jun 4	Monday	Anniversary of Khomeini's Death
Jun 5	Tuesday	Revolt of Khordad 15
Jun 6	Wednesday	Martyrdom of Imam Ali
Jun 15	Friday	Eid-e-Fetr (End of Ramadan)
Jun 16	Saturday	Eid-e-Fetr (Additional Holiday)
Jul 9	Monday	Martyrdom of Imam Sadeq
Aug 21	Tuesday	Eid-e-Ghorban (Feast of Sacrifice)
Aug 29	Wednesday	Eid-e-Ghadir
Sep 19	Wednesday	Tassoua
Sep 20	Thursday	Ashura
Oct 30	Monday	Arbaeen
Nov 7	Wednesday	Demise of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Imam Hassan
Nov 8	Thursday	Martyrdom of Imam Reza
Nov 25	Sunday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Sadeq

Days of the week in Iranian Persian

check this page: 😊https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Iranian-persian/Vocabulary/Days-of-the-Week

Related Lessons

• Iranian calendar
• Months of the year
• Iran Timeline
• New year
• Castles
• The Bakhtiari
• The Iranian wedding
• Transportation
• Haft sin