Iran's public holidays in 1396
1396 has 27 public holidays; 5 of them fall on a Friday.
Basis: the Public Holidays Act of Tir 1359 (1980) and its amendments. Religious holidays follow Iran's official Islamic calendar and may move by a day with the official sighting of the new moon. Methodology
Long weekends and bridge days
Days off are Fridays and public holidays. Thursday counts as a working day.
Several days off in a row
- Tuesday 1 Farvardin to Friday 4 Farvardin (4 days)
- Friday 11 Farvardin to Sunday 13 Farvardin (3 days)
- Sunday 14 Khordad to Monday 15 Khordad (2 days)
- Monday 5 Tir to Tuesday 6 Tir (2 days)
- Thursday 29 Tir to Friday 30 Tir (2 days)
- Friday 17 Shahrivar to Saturday 18 Shahrivar (2 days)
- Friday 7 Mehr to Sunday 9 Mehr (3 days)
- Thursday 18 Aban to Friday 19 Aban (2 days)
Bridge days
A working day between two days off; a day's leave on it makes a longer break.
- Saturday 13 Khordad
- Saturday 27 Aban
- Thursday 16 Azar
- Saturday 21 Bahman
Add the holidays to your phone's calendar
- Subscribe to the holiday calendar (Apple, Outlook and other apps): this year's and next year's holidays, kept up to date. Subscription address: https://www.persian-calendar.com/holidays.ics
- Add to Google Calendar
- Download the 1396 holidays file (once, without updates)
The holiday names in the calendar files are in Persian.