National Holidays in Iran in 2023

Iran
2023

List of Holidays in Iran in 2023

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Comments
Saturday	Feb 04	Imam Ali's Birthday	Rajab 13
Saturday	Feb 11	Islamic Revolution Day	National Day
Saturday	Feb 18	Eid al-Mab'ath	Rajab 27
Wednesday	Mar 08	Imam Mahdi's Birthday	Sha'aban 15
Monday	Mar 20	Oil Nationalisation Day	Esfand 29
Monday	Mar 20	Nowruz	Iranian New Year
Tuesday	Mar 21	Nowruz Holiday
Wednesday	Mar 22	Nowruz Holiday
Thursday	Mar 23	Nowruz Holiday
Saturday	Apr 01	Islamic Republic Day	Farvardin 12
Sunday	Apr 02	Nature Day	Farvardin 13
Wednesday	Apr 12	Martyrdom of Imam Ali	Ramadan 21
Saturday	Apr 22	Eid e-Fitr	End of Ramadan
Sunday	Apr 23	The Day after Eid-e-Fitr	Shawwal 2
Tuesday	May 16	Martyrdom of Imam Sadeq	Shawwal 25
Sunday	Jun 04	Demise of Imam Khomeini	Khordad 14
Monday	Jun 05	Khordad National Uprising	Khordad 15
Thursday	Jun 29	Eid-e-Qorban	Feast of the Sacrifice
Friday	Jul 07	Eid-e-Ghadir	Dhu al-Hijjah 18
Thursday	Jul 27	Tasoua Hosseini	Muharram 9
Friday	Jul 28	Ashoura	10th day of Muslim New Year
Wednesday	Aug 02	Public Holiday	Due to heatwave
Thursday	Aug 03	Public Holiday	Due to heatwave
Wednesday	Sep 06	Arbaeen	Safar 20
Thursday	Sep 14	Death of Prophet Muhammed / Martyrdom of Imam Hassan	Safar 28
Saturday	Sep 16	Martyrdom of Imam Reza	Safar 30
Sunday	Sep 24	Martyrdom of Imam Hassan Asgari	Rabi'-ul-Awwal 8
Tuesday	Oct 03	Birthday of Muhammad and Imam Sadegh	Rabi'-ul-Awwal 17
Sunday	Dec 17	Martyrdom Of Hazrat Fatimah	Jumada al-Thani 3

Key

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

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