Editing Iran (section)

==== Public holidays ====
{{Main|Public holidays in Iran}}

With 26, Iran has one of the world's highest number of public holidays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ranking of the countries with the most public holidays |url=https://www.hrdive.com/press-release/20190625-ranking-of-the-countries-with-the-most-public-holidays-1/ |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=HR Dive |language=en-US |archive-date=3 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503134859/https://www.hrdive.com/press-release/20190625-ranking-of-the-countries-with-the-most-public-holidays-1/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=soheil |date=9 February 2022 |title=The Total Count of Public Holidays in Iran |url=https://iranamaze.com/public-holidays-iran/ |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=Iran Tours IranAmaze |language=en-US |archive-date=3 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503134859/https://iranamaze.com/public-holidays-iran/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It ranks 1st in the world with the most paid leave days: 52.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Which countries have the most vacation days? |url=https://www.hcamag.com/us/news/general/which-countries-have-the-most-vacation-days/480443 |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=www.hcamag.com |language=en |archive-date=3 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503134859/https://www.hcamag.com/us/news/general/which-countries-have-the-most-vacation-days/480443 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Soltani |first=Zahra |date=23 March 2023 |title=Iran Holiday: National & Public Holidays in Iran (Persian Holidays) |url=https://iranontour.com/festivals/iran-holiday-national-public-holidays-in-iran/ |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=IranOnTour |language=en-US |archive-date=3 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503134859/https://iranontour.com/festivals/iran-holiday-national-public-holidays-in-iran/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Iran's [[civil calendar|official calendar]] is the [[Solar Hijri calendar|Solar Hejri calendar]], beginning at the [[March equinox|vernal equinox]] in the [[Northern Hemisphere]].<ref name="Calenica">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/calendars |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica |title=Calendars |trans-title=The solar Hejrī (ٹ. = ٹamsī) and ٹāhanڑāhī calendars |access-date=4 July 2017 |archive-date=17 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517021434/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/calendars |url-status=live}}</ref> Each of the 12 months of the Solar Hejri calendar correspond with a [[astrological sign|zodiac sign]], and the length of each year is solar.<ref name="Calenica" /> Alternatively, the [[Islamic calendar|Lunar Hejri calendar]] is used to indicate Islamic events, and the [[Gregorian calendar]] marks international events.

Legal public holidays based on the Iranian solar calendar include the cultural celebrations of Nowruz ([[Farvardin]] 1–4; 21–24 March) and Sizdebedar ([[Farvardin]] 13; 2{{nbsp}}April), and the political events of [[Iranian Islamic Republic Day|Islamic Republic Day]] ([[Farvardin]] 12; 1{{nbsp}}April), the death of [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] ([[Khordad]] 14; 4{{nbsp}}June), the [[5 June 1963, demonstrations in Iran|Khordad 15 event]] ([[Khordad]] 15; 5{{nbsp}}June), the anniversary of the [[Iranian Revolution]] ([[Bahman]] 22; 10 February), and [[Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry|Oil Nationalisation Day]] ([[Esfand]] 29; 19 March).<ref name="irmys">{{cite web |url=https://www.mysteryofiran.com/holidays-in-iran |title=Iran Public Holidays 2017 |publisher=Mystery of Iran |access-date=6 July 2017 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010060510/https://www.mysteryofiran.com/holidays-in-iran |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lunar Islamic public holidays include Tasua ([[Islamic calendar|Muharram]] 9), Ashura ([[Islamic calendar|Muharram]] 10), Arba'een ([[Islamic calendar|Safar]] 20), Muhammad's death ([[Islamic calendar|Safar]] 28), the death of Ali al-Ridha ([[Islamic calendar|Safar]] 29 or 30), the birthday of Muhammad ([[Islamic calendar|Rabi-al-Awwal]] 17), the death of Fatimah ([[Islamic calendar|Jumada-al-Thani]] 3), the birthday of Ali ([[Islamic calendar|Rajab]] 13), Muhammad's first revelation ([[Islamic calendar|Rajab]] 27), the birthday of Muhammad al-Mahdi ([[Islamic calendar|Sha'ban]] 15), the death of Ali ([[Islamic calendar|Ramadan]] 21), Eid al-Fitr ([[Islamic calendar|Shawwal]] 1–2), the death of Ja'far al-Sadiq ([[Islamic calendar|Shawwal]] 25), Eid al-Qurban ([[Islamic calendar|Zulhijja]] 10), and Eid al-Qadir ([[Islamic calendar|Zulhijja]] 18).<ref name="irmys" />