Iranian Holydays And Holy Days
 
   
2. Ten Days Dawn
Every year, during the first third of February, there is a national festival called 10 Days Dawn celebrated all over the country. This is the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, which took place in 1979.

3. Father's Day and Mother's Day
The other festivals in Iran that are similar to those of European countries are Mother Day and Father Day, the former coinciding with the birthday anniversary of Fatimah, the only daughter of our Prophet, Mohammed (peace be upon him), the latter with the birthday of Imam Ali, the prophet's son-in-law.

 

Religious Festivals

1. Festival of Sacrifice (Eid-ol-Adha)
In Islam, Hajj is considered a significant ritual practice that everybody who can afford it has to attend, provided that he/she is wealthy enough. Each year hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the globe visit Mecca and stay there for a few days.***
All the pilgrims called Haji have to immolate (sacrifice) a sheep on the last day of ihram, which is called the festival of sacrifice or (Eid-ol-Adha).

2. Birthday of Mohammed
The other two interrelated religious festivals are the anniversary birthday of Holy Prophet of Islam and his date of appointment to the prophecy.
In 571 AD, our prophet, Mohammed whose prophecy had been predicted in the Bible and his name mentioned as Ahmad was born in Arabian Peninsula (now called Saudi Arabia). After 40 years he was appointed as a prophet in a cave called Hara', where he used to go for worshiping the Almighty God when the rest of the Arabs were heavy idolaters.
Now, after more than 1400 years, Muslims in all over the world commemorate these two important days in a way that even most of the young people get married on those two blessed days as the most auspicious of the days.

 
3. Id-e Fitr
Id-e Fitr is the first day after the holy month of Ramadan. Among various obligatory practices set by Islam, there is a significant rite called fasting. It takes one lunar month during which not a healthy Muslim, neither female nor male, can have nourishment, neither food nor beverages from sunrise to sunset.
Fasting is as important in Islam as the daily prayer and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
As mentioned before, since lunar months are rotary the fasting month of Ramadan may fall on a winter, spring, summer or autumn.
Since Ramadan is a lunar month, seeing the new moon must ratify the arrival of the final day. People can break their fast if it is discernible. Referring to a festival for breaking fast, this day is called Id-e Fitr.
 

 
4. Ghadir-e Khom
Returning from his last rituals of Hajj, the Holy Prophet issued a decree to stop all the caravans on a location that was a junction for every group of pilgrims to listen to his short lecture in which, as his last testament, he announced Imam Ali, his son-in-law, as his successor. There was a water spring called Ghadir of Khom. Although all the attendants came to shake hands with Imam Ali to reaffirm and swear their allegiance, unfortunately, after the death of Prophet the incontrovertible right of Imam Ali was usurped through a series of historical events and he was confined at home for 25 years.
From that day on, a group of close friends of him who were generally indigent and without any political authority joined him and established Shiism. Shiites are sincere disciples of Imam Ali who celebrate this historic day year after year to show that they are still real adherents of their unique leader, Imam Ali.