Editing Eid al-Fitr (section)

==== Iran ====
[[File:Salat Eid al-Fitr in Qom (1394042712061282).jpg|thumb|150px|A girl with [[henna]] on her hand, during the Eid prayer]]
In [[Iran]], where the occasion is known as '''Eid-e-Fitr''' (Persian: {{nastaliq|عید فطر}}), several groups of experts representing the office of [[Ali Khamenei|Ayatollah Khamenei]] go to the different zones of the country at the last days of Ramadan to determine the date of Eid.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wednesday announced as Eid al-Fitr in Iran |url=http://en.mehrnews.com/news/117876/Wednesday-announced-as-Eid-al-Fitr-in-Iran |agency=Mehr News Agency |access-date=6 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708054746/http://en.mehrnews.com/news/117876/Wednesday-announced-as-Eid-al-Fitr-in-Iran |archive-date=8 July 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Iranian Muslims take part in the Eid al-Fitr prayer and pay the {{Transliteration|ar|[[Zakat al-Fitr]]}}.{{cn|date=May 2025}} The Eid al-Fitr prayer, and the following sermon, has been led by Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, [[Supreme Leader of Iran]], at [[Tehran]]'s [[Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran]] ({{Transliteration|fa|Mossalla}}).<ref>{{cite news |title=Tehran Eid al-Fitr prayers to be led by Supreme Leader |url=http://www7.irna.ir/en/News/82138926/ |newspaper=IRNA |access-date=6 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705172758/http://www.irna.ir/en/News/82138926/ |archive-date=5 July 2016}}</ref> The celebration is typically marked by a one- or two-day national holiday.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mamouri |first1=Ali |title=Eid al-Fitr: religious celebration and cultural marker |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/fa/contents/articles/originals/2014/07/eid-at-fitr-iran-celebration-west.html |website=Al-Monitor |date=28 July 2014 |access-date=6 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822061104/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/fa/contents/articles/originals/2014/07/eid-at-fitr-iran-celebration-west.html |archive-date=22 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>