Holiday Timeline

🇮🇷 Iran Public Holidays 2026

25 national public holidays · timezone UTC+3:30 · official source ↗

This page lists every national public holiday in Iran for 2026 — 25 days in total. Each date is cross-checked against the official government source. To compare Iran against other countries side by side, open the interactive timeline.

DateDayHoliday
January 3SaturdayBirthday of Imam Ali (est.)
January 17SaturdayMab'ath (est.)
February 4WednesdayBirthday of Imam Mahdi (est.)
February 11WednesdayIslamic Revolution Day
March 11WednesdayMartyrdom of Imam Ali (est.)
March 20FridayEid al-Fitr & Oil Nationalization (est.)
March 21SaturdayNowruz & Eid al-Fitr Day 2 (est.)
March 22SundayNowruz Holiday
March 23MondayNowruz Holiday
March 24TuesdayNowruz Holiday
April 1WednesdayIslamic Republic Day
April 2ThursdaySizdah Bedar (Nature Day)
April 13MondayMartyrdom of Imam Sadiq (est.)
May 27WednesdayEid al-Adha (est.)
June 4ThursdayDemise of Imam Khomeini & Eid al-Ghadir (est.)
June 5FridayRevolt of Khordad 15
June 24WednesdayTasua (est.)
June 25ThursdayAshura (est.)
August 4TuesdayArbaeen (est.)
August 12WednesdayDemise of Prophet & Imam Hassan (est.)
August 14FridayMartyrdom of Imam Reza (est.)
August 22SaturdayMartyrdom of Imam Hassan Askari (est.)
August 31MondayBirth of Prophet & Imam Sadiq (est.)
November 14SaturdayMartyrdom of Hazrat Fatima (est.)
December 22TuesdayBirthday of Imam Ali (est.)

Dates marked (est.) for Iran follow the Hijri or other lunar calendar and may move by ±1 day until the government confirms the sighting; this page is updated when they do.

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