Public holidays in Iran 2024
Iran has 26 public holidays in 2024. 25 fall on a weekday and 1 on the weekend, which leaves 289 working days out of 366. The weekend is Friday.
26public holidays
25weekday days off
289working days in 2024
52weekend days
The weekend is Friday alone; many offices also close on Thursday afternoon. The Persian and Islamic calendars set most dates, which can move by a day.
Holiday dates 2024
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Birthday of Imam Ali | |
| Thursday | Isra' and Mi'raj | |
| Sunday | Islamic Revolution Day | |
| Sunday | Birthday of Mahdi | |
| Tuesday | Iranian Oil Industry Nationalization Day | |
| Wednesday | Nowruz | |
| Thursday | Nowruz Holiday | |
| Friday weekend | Nowruz Holiday | |
| Saturday | Nowruz Holiday | |
| Sunday | Islamic Republic Day | |
| Monday | Martyrdom of Imam Ali | |
| Monday | Nature's Day | |
| Wednesday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Thursday | Eid al-Fitr Holiday | |
| Saturday | Martyrdom of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq | |
| Monday | Death of Imam Khomeini | |
| Tuesday | 15 Khordad Uprising | |
| Monday | Eid al-Adha | |
| Tuesday | Eid al-Ghadir | |
| Monday | Tasua | |
| Tuesday | Ashura | |
| Sunday | Arbaeen | |
| Monday | Death of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Hasan ibn Ali | |
| Wednesday | Martyrdom of Ali al-Rida | |
| Thursday | Martyrdom of Hasan al-Askari | |
| Saturday | Birthday of Muhammad and Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq | |
| Thursday | Martyrdom of Fatima |
Working days per month in 2024
A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day (Friday) nor a public holiday. Holidays that fall on the weekend do not reduce the count.
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend days | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| February 2024 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| March 2024 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| April 2024 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| May 2024 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| June 2024 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| July 2024 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 25 |
| August 2024 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| September 2024 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| October 2024 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| November 2024 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
| December 2024 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| Total 2024 | 366 | 52 | 25 | 289 |
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Jan26 wd
Feb22 wd
Mar21 wd
Apr23 wd
May25 wd
Jun22 wd
Jul25 wd
Aug25 wd
Sep22 wd
Oct27 wd
Nov25 wd
Dec26 wd
Long weekends and bridge days in 2024
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 5 daysTue 19 to Sat 23 March 2024Iranian Oil Industry Nationalization Day, Nowruz, Nowruz Holiday
- 3 daysWed 10 to Fri 12 April 2024Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr Holiday
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Saturday 10 February 2024 for Thu 8 to Sun 11 February 2024Isra' and Mi'raj, Islamic Revolution Day
- 4 daysTake off Saturday 30 March 2024 for Fri 29 March to Mon 1 April 2024Islamic Republic Day, Martyrdom of Imam Ali, Nature's Day
Questions about 2024 in Iran
- How many working days are there in Iran in 2024?
- 289 working days. 2024 has 366 days, 52 of them weekend days and 25 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Iran have in 2024?
- 26 public holidays. 1 falls on the weekend.
- Which 2024 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Nowruz Holiday (22 March 2024).
- What counts as the weekend in Iran?
- Friday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2025?
- See public holidays in Iran 2025.
Cite or reuse this data
Iran has 26 public holidays and 289 working days in 2024.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/iran/2024/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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