List of festivals in Iran
following list list festival iran nowruz word norouz includes two part mean new ruz rouz mean day nowruz mean starting new day celebration start spring rejuvenation start first day spring also first day iranian calendar year march day sign past month iranian family gather around visit sofreye haftsin sofre tablecloth haft seven sin letter س albīrūnī said haftsin came jamshid since destroyed evil made persian land weak first day iranian calendar people celebrated norouz put different symbolic item table sign thanking nature giving human need since every year iranian put haftsin table nowadays put thing start letter س sizdah bedar persian festival joy solidarity th last day norouz celebration end twelve day sample twelve month celebrate th day new beginning next twelve month relation number unlucky number mehregan festival mehr mithra day thanksgiving day everyone show mehr love one important day year jashne sade midwinter feast honor fire defeat force darkness frost cold people gather around build fire assist revival sun bring back warmth summer shabe yalda also known turning point end longest night year beginning growing day sepandarmazgan day love friendship earth ancient persian culture chaharshanbe suri festival fire last wednesday night iranian calendar year basis nearly iranian national festival preislamic zoroastrian era however festival celebrated exclusively zoroastrian less extent community khordadgân celebration th day iranian calendar khordad one izadans name mean completeness day people used go near river sea thank god everything gave flower sign happiness bahmanagân also maintained iranian muslim mongol invasion festival celebrated second day month bahman bahmanjana later modified form bahmanagân sepandarmazgân bahmanagân esfandegān spandegān day love farvardingân festival forouhar jašne sade festival fire lit th day nowruz jašne mehregân festival mihr mehr day thanksgiving dedicated highest angel mithra jašne tiregân festival tir day dedicated tishtrya angel star sirius rain also celebrated muslim region iran including mazandaran nowruz new year day march first day spring khordad sal birthday prophet zarathushtra zartosht nodiso anniversary commemorating death prophet zarathushtra azargân day fire commonly held zoroastrian fire temple abanegân celebration goddess naheed anahita amordadegân without death eide fetr festival fastbreaking come end ramadan people give gift money poor sick others ramadan ramazan persian iranian special recipe zoolbiabamieh shole zard ferni halva ash reshteh ramezan nimeh şaabân celebration twelfth final shia imam festival consists firework decorating city light bulb tree shabe qadr night qadr towards end ramadan first verse quran revealed muhammad iranian stay awake night light candle listen dua reciting quran eide qurban festival sacrifice iran wealthy people farmer sacrifice herd offer meat neighbor poor charity eide ghadir khumm shia feast considered among significant feast shia islam eid held dhu alhijjah time islamic prophet muhammad following instruction allah said appointed ali ibn abi talib successor shiite sunni unity week birth prophet islam rabiʽ alawwal birth hasan ibn ali ramadan birth husayn ibn ali shaban birth ali ibn husayn zayn alabidin shaban birth ali alakbar ibn husayn young day shaban birth ali ibn abi talib rajab fatimah bint musa birthday girl day taste birth ali alridha dhu alqadah eid alfitr prophet islam rajab celebrating beginning imamate muhammad almahdi th rabiʽ alawwal marriage celebration ali ibn abi talib fatimah dhu alhijjah majority iranian christian armenianiranians also known parskahye follow armenian apostolic church oriental orthodox branch christianity minority special festival tradition also significant minority assyrian people follow oriental orthodox christian assyrian church east chaldean catholic church two church group also minority persian follower follower church blend persian assyrian culture iran large fast growing christian community gaining popularity amongst persian christmas time christmas tree seen window tehran northwestern province although christmas official recognition iran national holiday iranian jew celebrate holiday jew worldwide often maintain unique custom observance holiday uniquely iranian tradition include purim particularly special among jew iran recount story jewish queen married persian king susa iran central figure story mordechai esther customarily believed buried hamedan illanout tree festival celebrated february nearly identical shabe cheleh lot elaborate reminiscence preislamic celebration shabe sal lit night year night end passover chametz eaten usually celebrated many type bread dairy item festival unique persian jew due holiday’s proximity nowruz celebrated way jew day passover similarly known rooze sal would often involve outdoor picnic similar sizdah bedar cinéma vérité documentary film festival tehran fajr international film festival major film festival hassanat short film festival esfahan international film festival child youth held different city year nahal international short film festival student festival dedicated short film roshd international film festival focused film educational theme tehran international film festival former film festival held iranian revolution tehran international short film festival qualifying festival academy award urban international film festival held tehran tasvir shahr institute shirzad aghaee nouruz berliyannegine jashnhayi irani va digar jashnha va jashnaiyinhayi mardomiyi iran nouruz iranian national festival stockholm sweden festival encyclopædia iranica