National Holidays in Iran in 2021

Iran
2021

List of Holidays in Iran in 2021

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Comments
Sunday	Jan 17	Martyrdom Of Hazrat Fatimah	Jumada al-Thani 3
Thursday	Feb 11	Islamic Revolution Day	National Day
Friday	Feb 26	Imam Ali's Birthday	Rajab 13
Thursday	Mar 11	Eid al-Mab'ath	Rajab 27
Saturday	Mar 20	Oil Nationalisation Day	Esfand 29
Sunday	Mar 21	Nowruz	Iranian New Year
Monday	Mar 22	Nowruz Holiday
Tuesday	Mar 23	Nowruz Holiday
Wednesday	Mar 24	Nowruz Holiday
Monday	Mar 29	Imam Mahdi's Birthday	Sha'aban 15
Thursday	Apr 01	Islamic Republic Day	Farvardin 12
Friday	Apr 02	Nature Day	Farvardin 13
Tuesday	May 04	Martyrdom of Imam Ali	Ramadan 21
Thursday	May 13	Eid e-Fitr	End of Ramadan
Friday	May 14	The Day after Eid-e-Fitr	Shawwal 2
Friday	Jun 04	Demise of Imam Khomeini	Khordad 14
Saturday	Jun 05	Khordad National Uprising	Khordad 15
Sunday	Jun 06	Martyrdom of Imam Sadeq	Shawwal 25
Wednesday	Jul 21	Eid-e-Qorban	Feast of the Sacrifice
Thursday	Jul 29	Eid-e-Ghadir	Dhu al-Hijjah 18
Wednesday	Aug 18	Tasoua Hosseini	Muharram 9
Thursday	Aug 19	Ashoura	10th day of Muslim New Year
Monday	Sep 27	Arbaeen	Safar 20
Tuesday	Oct 05	Death of Prophet Muhammed / Martyrdom of Imam Hassan	Safar 28
Thursday	Oct 07	Martyrdom of Imam Reza	Safar 30
Friday	Oct 15	Martyrdom of Imam Hassan Asgari	Rabi'-ul-Awwal 8
Sunday	Oct 24	Birthday of Muhammad and Imam Sadegh	Rabi'-ul-Awwal 17

Key

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