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:: Country:  Iran
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:: Language: Persian/Farsi
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:: Author:   John Layt <john@layt.net>
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:: Updated:  2010-05-28
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:: Source:   Copy-and-paste from Wikipedia, please correct any errors!
::           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Iran
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:: Metadata
country     "IR"
language    "fa"
:name        "optional - defaults to country name"
:description "(please add description in source language) National holiday file for Iran"

:: Public Holidays
: Nowrouz / Eid
"عید نوروز"                               public religious on jalali farvardin 1 length 4
: Islamic Republic Day
"روز جمهوری اسلامی"                        public on jalali farvardin 12
: Nature Day
"روز طبیعت"                               public on jalali farvardin 13
: Khomeini's Death
"رحلت امام خمینی"                         public on jalali khordad 14
: Revolt of Khordad 15
"قیام ۱۵ خرداد"                           public on jalali khordad 15
: Victory of the Revolution
"پیروزی انقلاب"                            public on jalali bahman 22
: Nationalization of Oil Industry
"ملی شدن صنعت نفت"                        public on jalali esfand 29
: Tasu'a of Imam Hussain
"تاسوعا"                                  public religious on hijri muharram 9
: Ashura of Imam Hussain
"عاشورا"                                  public religious on hijri muharram 10
: Arba'een of Imam Hussain
"اربعین"                                  public religious on hijri safar 20
: Demise of prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Imam Hassan (Mujtaba)
"وفات حضرت محمد و شهادت امام حسن مجتبی"   public religious on hijri safar 28
: Martyrdom of Imam Reza
"شهادت امام رضا"                          public religious on hijri safar 29
: Birth of Muhammad and Imam Jafar
"ولادت حضرت محمد و امام جعفر صادق"         public religious on hijri rabialawal 17
: Martyrdom of Fatima
"شهادت حضرت فاطمه"                        public religious on hijri jumaadaalthaani 3
: Birth of Imam Ali
"ولادت حضرت علی"                           public religious on hijri rajab 13
: Mission of Muhammad
"بعثت حضرت محمد"                          public religious on hijri rajab 27
: Birth of Imam Mahdi
"ولادت حضرت مهدی"                          public religious on hijri shaban 15
: Martyrdom of Imam Ali
"شهادت حضرت علی"                          public religious on hijri ramadan 21
: Eid ul-Fitr (End of Ramadhan)
"عید فطر"                                 public religious on hijri shawwal 1
: Martyrdom of Imam Jafar
"شهادت امام جعفر صادق"                    public religious on hijri shawwal 25
: Eid ul-Adha (Ghurban)
"عید قربان"                               public religious on hijri thualhijjah 10
: Eid al-Ghadeer
"عید غدیر"                                public religious on hijri thualhijjah 18

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