Public holidays in Iran

Public holidays for 2026 to 2028 – for Iran.

Public holidays 2026

Date	Weekday	Holiday
3 Jan 2026	Saturday	Birthday of Imam Ali
17 Jan 2026	Saturday	Isra' and Mi'raj
4 Feb 2026	Wednesday	Birthday of Mahdi
11 Feb 2026	Wednesday	Islamic Revolution Day
1 Mar 2026	Sunday	Public Holiday
2 Mar 2026	Monday	Public Holiday
3 Mar 2026	Tuesday	Public Holiday
4 Mar 2026	Wednesday	Public Holiday
5 Mar 2026	Thursday	Public Holiday
6 Mar 2026	Friday	Public Holiday
7 Mar 2026	Saturday	Public Holiday
11 Mar 2026	Wednesday	Martyrdom of Imam Ali
20 Mar 2026	Friday	Iranian Oil Industry Nationalization Day
21 Mar 2026	Saturday	Eid al-Fitr
21 Mar 2026	Saturday	Nowruz
22 Mar 2026	Sunday	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
22 Mar 2026	Sunday	Nowruz Holiday
23 Mar 2026	Monday	Nowruz Holiday
24 Mar 2026	Tuesday	Nowruz Holiday
1 Apr 2026	Wednesday	Islamic Republic Day
2 Apr 2026	Thursday	Nature's Day
14 Apr 2026	Tuesday	Martyrdom of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq
27 May 2026	Wednesday	Eid al-Adha
4 Jun 2026	Thursday	Death of Imam Khomeini
4 Jun 2026	Thursday	Eid al-Ghadir
5 Jun 2026	Friday	15 Khordad Uprising
24 Jun 2026	Wednesday	Tasua
25 Jun 2026	Thursday	Ashura
4 Aug 2026	Tuesday	Arbaeen
12 Aug 2026	Wednesday	Death of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Hasan ibn Ali
13 Aug 2026	Thursday	Martyrdom of Ali al-Rida
21 Aug 2026	Friday	Martyrdom of Hasan al-Askari
30 Aug 2026	Sunday	Birthday of Muhammad and Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq
13 Nov 2026	Friday	Martyrdom of Fatima
23 Dec 2026	Wednesday	Birthday of Imam Ali

Public holidays 2027

Date	Weekday	Holiday
6 Jan 2027	Wednesday	Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated)
24 Jan 2027	Sunday	Birthday of Mahdi (estimated)
11 Feb 2027	Thursday	Islamic Revolution Day
1 Mar 2027	Monday	Martyrdom of Imam Ali (estimated)
10 Mar 2027	Wednesday	Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
11 Mar 2027	Thursday	Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)
20 Mar 2027	Saturday	Iranian Oil Industry Nationalization Day
21 Mar 2027	Sunday	Nowruz
22 Mar 2027	Monday	Nowruz Holiday
23 Mar 2027	Tuesday	Nowruz Holiday
24 Mar 2027	Wednesday	Nowruz Holiday
1 Apr 2027	Thursday	Islamic Republic Day
2 Apr 2027	Friday	Nature's Day
3 Apr 2027	Saturday	Martyrdom of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (estimated)
17 May 2027	Monday	Eid al-Adha (estimated)
25 May 2027	Tuesday	Eid al-Ghadir (estimated)
4 Jun 2027	Friday	Death of Imam Khomeini
5 Jun 2027	Saturday	15 Khordad Uprising
15 Jun 2027	Tuesday	Tasua (estimated)
16 Jun 2027	Wednesday	Ashura (estimated)
25 Jul 2027	Sunday	Arbaeen (estimated)
2 Aug 2027	Monday	Death of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Hasan ibn Ali (estimated)
3 Aug 2027	Tuesday	Martyrdom of Ali al-Rida (estimated)
11 Aug 2027	Wednesday	Martyrdom of Hasan al-Askari (estimated)
20 Aug 2027	Friday	Birthday of Muhammad and Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (estimated)
3 Nov 2027	Wednesday	Martyrdom of Fatima (estimated)
12 Dec 2027	Sunday	Birthday of Imam Ali (estimated)
26 Dec 2027	Sunday	Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated)

Public holidays 2028

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Sources

Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code IR (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (country not covered) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.ir) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026