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  "code": "IQ",
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    4,
    5
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    "Saturday"
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    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-16",
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    },
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      "date": "2026-03-21",
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    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-21",
      "name": "Nowruz",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-27",
      "name": "Eid al-Adha",
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    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-28",
      "name": "Eid al-Adha",
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    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-29",
      "name": "Eid al-Adha",
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    {
      "date": "2026-06-04",
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    {
      "date": "2026-06-16",
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      "date": "2026-06-25",
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    },
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    {
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    {
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    },
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      "month": 10,
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "end": "2026-01-03",
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    },
    {
      "start": "2026-03-20",
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        "Nowruz"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Day of Arafah",
        "Eid al-Adha"
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    {
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        "Eid al-Ghadir"
      ]
    },
    {
      "start": "2026-06-25",
      "end": "2026-06-27",
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        "Ashura"
      ]
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      "break_end": "2026-03-16",
      "days": 4,
      "holidays": [
        "Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "working_weekend_days": [],
  "note": null,
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "OpenWorkdays, generated from python-holidays",
  "dataset": "holidays 0.103",
  "url": "https://openworkdays.com/iraq/2026/",
  "generated": "2026-09-04"
}