National Holidays in Iran in 2018

Iran
2018

List of Holidays in Iran in 2018

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Comments
Sunday	Feb 11	Islamic Revolution Day	National Day
Tuesday	Mar 20	Oil Nationalisation Day	Esfand 29
Wednesday	Mar 21	Nowruz	Iranian New Year
Thursday	Mar 22	Nowruz Holiday
Friday	Mar 23	Nowruz Holiday
Saturday	Mar 24	Nowruz Holiday
Saturday	Mar 31	Islamic Republic Day	Farvardin 12
Saturday	Mar 31	Imam Ali's Birthday	Rajab 13
Monday	Apr 02	Nature Day	Farvardin 13
Friday	Apr 13	Eid al-Mab'ath	Rajab 27
Wednesday	May 02	Imam Mahdi's Birthday	Sha'aban 15
Monday	Jun 04	Demise of Imam Khomeini	Khordad 14
Tuesday	Jun 05	Khordad National Uprising	Khordad 15
Wednesday	Jun 06	Martyrdom of Imam Ali	Ramadan 21
Friday	Jun 15	Eid e-Fitr	End of Ramadan
Saturday	Jun 16	The Day after Eid-e-Fitr	Shawwal 2
Monday	Jul 09	Martyrdom of Imam Sadeq	Shawwal 25
Wednesday	Aug 22	Eid-e-Qorban	Feast of the Sacrifice
Thursday	Aug 30	Eid-e-Ghadir	Dhu al-Hijjah 18
Wednesday	Sep 19	Tasoua Hosseini	Muharram 9
Thursday	Sep 20	Ashoura	10th day of Muslim New Year
Tuesday	Oct 30	Arbaeen	Safar 20
Wednesday	Nov 07	Death of Prophet Muhammed / Martyrdom of Imam Hassan	Safar 28
Thursday	Nov 08	Martyrdom of Imam Reza	Safar 29
Sunday	Nov 25	Birthday of Muhammad and Imam Sadegh	Rabi'-ul-Awwal 17

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Though officially only Friday, Thursday and Friday are considered as the weekend in Iran.

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