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Iran Public Holidays 2026

See also: 2026 public holidays in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Middle East, OPEC, Pakistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and worldwide.

This page contains the list of Iran 2026 public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of Iran public holidays in 2026 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday
Jan Saturday Imam Ali's Birthday
Jan Saturday The Prophet's Ascension (Mabaath)
Feb Tuesday Imam Mahdi's Birthday
Feb Wednesday Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution
Mar Wednesday Martyrdom of Imam Ali
Mar Friday Oil Nationalization Day
Mar Saturday Eid-e-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
Mar Saturday Norooz (Persian New Year)
Mar Sunday Norooz Holiday
Mar Sunday The day after Eid-e-Fitr
Mar Monday Norooz Holiday
Mar Tuesday Norooz Holiday
Apr Wednesday Islamic Republic Day
Apr Thursday Sizdehbedar (Nature Day)
Apr Tuesday Martyrdom of Imam Jafar Sadeq
May Wednesday Eid-e-Qorban (Feast of Sacrifice)
June Thursday Demise of Imam Khomeini
June Thursday Eid-e-Ghadir
June Friday 15th Khordad National Uprising (1963)
June Wednesday Tasoua Hosseini
June Thursday Ashura Hosseini (Martyrdom of Imam Hussein)
Aug Tuesday Arbaeen of Hosseini (40th day after Ashura)
Aug Wednesday Death of Prophet Mohammad / Martyrdom of Imam Hasan
Aug Thursday Martyrdom of Imam Reza
Aug Friday Martyrdom of Imam Hassan Asgari
Aug Sunday Birth of Prophet Mohammad and of Imam Jafar Sadeq
Nov Friday Martyrdom of Hazrat Fatemeh
Dec Wednesday Imam Ali's Birthday

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Global Holidays Observed in Iran


Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in Iran, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2024-2034).

Iran Background Information and Links