BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//iranians.global//calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:IDCDC: Shia Muslim communities BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-ali-birth-2026-01-02@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260103 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia and many Sufi communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Abi Ta lib on 13 Rajab. 13 Rajab in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 d ays earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-ali-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ps752-remembrance-2026-01-08@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260109 SUMMARY:PS752 remembrance DESCRIPTION:Remembrance of the 176 people killed on Flight PS752\, 8 Januar y 2020. 8 January every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ps752-remembrance/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mabath-2026-01-16@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260117 SUMMARY:Isra and Mi’raj\, and the Mab’ath DESCRIPTION:Many Muslims remember the Prophet's night journey and ascent on 27 Rajab. Shia communities also mark the Mab'ath\, the first revelation\, on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 27 Rajab in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evenin g before. Source: Isra' and Mi'raj\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mabath/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-hussein-birth-2026-01-22@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260123 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Hussein DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Hussein ibn Ali. 3 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian y ear. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Husayn ibn Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-hussein-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abbas-birth-2026-01-23@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260124 SUMMARY:Birth of Abbas ibn Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Abbas ibn Ali\, half-brother of Hussein and bearer of his standard at Karbala. 4 Shaban in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Abbas ibn Ali\, Wikipe dia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/abbas-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sajjad-birth-2026-01-24@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260125 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Zayn al-Abidin DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Hussein Zayn al-Abid in\, the fourth Imam. 5 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can mov e it by a day. Source: Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin\, Wikipedia (to verif y) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sajjad-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mid-shaban-2026-02-03@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260204 SUMMARY:Mid-Shaban DESCRIPTION:Sunni communities keep a night of prayer on 15 Shaban. Shia com munities mark the birth of Imam al-Mahdi on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 15 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Mid-Sha'ban\, W ikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mid-shaban/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ramadan-start-2026-02-18@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260218 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260219 SUMMARY:First day of Ramadan DESCRIPTION:The month of fasting begins. The day is set by sighting of the moon in many places\, so local dates can differ by a day. 1 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ramadan\, Wiki pedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ramadan-start/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-hasan-birth-2026-03-04@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260305 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Hasan DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Hasan ibn Ali\, the second I mam\, in the month of fasting. 15 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the m oon can move it by a day. Source: Hasan ibn Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-hasan-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-ali-martyrdom-2026-03-10@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260310 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260311 SUMMARY:Martyrdom of Imam Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mourn Ali ibn Abi Talib on 21 Ramadan. 21 Rama dan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Grego rian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali\ , Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-ali-martyrdom/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:laylat-qadr-shia-2026-03-12@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260313 SUMMARY:Laylat al-Qadr (23 Ramadan\, Shia) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities keep vigil on the nights of 19\, 21 and 23 Ram adan. The night of 23 Ramadan is the one most often named as the Night of Power. Begins at sunset the evening before. 23 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sigh ting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evening bef ore. Source: Night of Power\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/laylat-qadr-shia/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ramadan-eid-2026-03-20@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260321 SUMMARY:Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr DESCRIPTION:End of the fast of Ramadan. 1 Shawwal in the Lunar Hijri calend ar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting o f the moon can move it by a day. Source: ʿID-E FEṬR\, Encyclopaedia Ira nica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ramadan-eid/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:nowruz-2026-03-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260322 SUMMARY:Nowruz DESCRIPTION:New year of the Solar Hijri calendar: haft-sin table\, spring c leaning\, visits and gifts. UNESCO Representative List\; UN International Day of Nowruz\, 21 March. 1 Farvardin in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gre gorian date moves by a day between years. The year turns at the moment of the March equinox. Source: NOWRUZ\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondar y) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/nowruz/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-reza-birth-2026-04-28@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260428 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260429 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Reza DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Ali al-Ridha\, the eighth im am\, on 11 Dhu al-Qadah. Pilgrims visit his shrine in Mashhad. 11 Dhu al-Q adah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Greg orian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali al-Rida\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-reza-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:arafah-2026-05-26@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260526 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260527 SUMMARY:Day of Arafah DESCRIPTION:The ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah\, when pilgrims stand at Arafat. Man y Muslims fast and pray at home. 9 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calend ar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting o f the moon can move it by a day. Source: Day of Arafah\, Wikipedia (to ver ify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/arafah/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-al-adha-2026-05-27@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260527 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260528 SUMMARY:Eid al-Adha (Eid-e Qorban) DESCRIPTION:Feast of the Sacrifice at the close of the Hajj. 10 Dhu al-Hijj ah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregor ian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: ʿID- E QORBĀN\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-al-adha/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-ghadir-2026-06-04@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260604 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260605 SUMMARY:Eid al-Ghadir DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the day of Ghadir Khumm\, when they hold that Muhammad named Ali as his successor. Sunni communities do not share t his reading. 18 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Eid al-Ghadir\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-ghadir/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-mubahala-2026-06-10@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260611 SUMMARY:Eid al-Mubahala DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the Mubahala\, the meeting of Muhammad wi th a Christian delegation from Najran\, as a day of the Prophet's househol d. Sunni communities do not keep it as a festival. 24 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Mubahala\, Wik ipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-mubahala/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:islamic-new-year-2026-06-16@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260616 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260617 SUMMARY:Islamic New Year DESCRIPTION:The first day of Muharram opens the Lunar Hijri year. Sunni and Shia communities mark it with prayer and reflection. 1 Muharram in the Lu nar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Islamic New Year\ , Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/islamic-new-year/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:manjil-rudbar-earthquake-2026-06-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260622 SUMMARY:Manjil-Rudbar earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:A large earthquake struck Gilan and Zanjan on 21 June 1990. Sur vivors and families remember the victims\, many of them Gilaki and Talysh speakers. 21 June every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: 1990 Man jil-Rudbar earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/manjil-rudbar-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:tasua-2026-06-24@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260624 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260625 SUMMARY:Tasua DESCRIPTION:The ninth of Muharram\, the eve of Ashura\, when Shia communiti es remember Abbas ibn Ali and the companions of Husayn at Karbala. 9 Muhar ram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Grego rian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Tasu 'a\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/tasua/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ashura-2026-06-25@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260625 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260626 SUMMARY:Muharram and Ashura DESCRIPTION:Mourning of Imam Hussein\; ta'zieh passion plays (UNESCO). 10 M uharram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each G regorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: TAʿZIA\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ashura/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sardasht-remembrance-2026-06-28@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260629 SUMMARY:Sardasht chemical attack remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 28 June 1987 Iraqi aircraft bombed the Kurdish town of Sarda sht in Iran with chemical weapons. Survivors and families remember the vic tims every year. 28 June every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: I ran-Iraq War\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sardasht-remembrance/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:iran-air-655-2026-07-03@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260704 SUMMARY:Iran Air Flight 655 remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 3 July 1988 a United States Navy warship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Gulf\, and all 290 people aboard died. The two governm ents describe the cause differently\, and the International Court of Justi ce case ended in a settlement in 1996. 3 July every year\, in the Gregoria n calendar. Source: Iran Air Flight 655\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/iran-air-655/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:arbaeen-2026-08-03@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260803 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260804 SUMMARY:Arbaeen DESCRIPTION:The fortieth day after Ashura. Shia communities remember Husayn ibn Ali\, and many walk to Karbala in Iraq. 20 Safar in the Lunar Hijri c alendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sight ing of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Arba'in\, Wikipedia (to veri fy) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/arbaeen/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:safar-28-2026-08-11@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260811 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260812 SUMMARY:Death of the Prophet and martyrdom of Imam Hasan (28 Safar) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities remember the death of Muhammad and the death o f Hasan ibn Ali on 28 Safar. Sunni communities place the death of Muhammad on 12 Rabi al-Awwal. 28 Safar in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can mov e it by a day. Source: Safar\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/safar-28/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mawlid-shia-2026-08-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260830 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260831 SUMMARY:Mawlid (17 Rabi al-Awwal) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of the Prophet Muhammad\, and o f Imam Jafar al-Sadiq\, on 17 Rabi al-Awwal. Iran calls the days from 12 t o 17 Unity Week. 17 Rabi al-Awwal in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes ab out 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Mawlid\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mawlid-shia/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:jina-amini-2026-09-16@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260917 SUMMARY:Woman\, Life\, Freedom anniversary DESCRIPTION:Anniversary of the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini\, 16 September 2 022. 16 September every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: Death of Mahsa Amini\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/jina-amini/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:kermanshah-earthquake-2026-11-12@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261113 SUMMARY:Kermanshah earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Iran and Iraq border regi on on 12 November 2017. Most of the damage in Iran was in Kermanshah provi nce\, around Sarpol-e Zahab. Families and relief groups remember the victi ms. 12 November every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: 2017 Iran- Iraq earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/kermanshah-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fatima-birth-2026-11-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261201 SUMMARY:Birth of Fatima DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Fatima\, daughter of the Pro phet Muhammad\, on 20 Jumada al-Thani. Iran also keeps the day as a day of women and mothers. 20 Jumada al-Thani in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It com es about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Fatima\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/fatima-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-ali-birth-2026-12-22@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261223 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia and many Sufi communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Abi Ta lib on 13 Rajab. 13 Rajab in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 d ays earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-ali-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bam-earthquake-2026-12-26@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261227 SUMMARY:Bam earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 26 December 2003 an earthquake destroyed much of the city of Bam in Kerman province and killed tens of thousands of people. Iranians a t home and abroad remember the victims. 26 December every year\, in the Gr egorian calendar. Source: 2003 Bam earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/bam-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mabath-2027-01-05@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270106 SUMMARY:Isra and Mi’raj\, and the Mab’ath DESCRIPTION:Many Muslims remember the Prophet's night journey and ascent on 27 Rajab. Shia communities also mark the Mab'ath\, the first revelation\, on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 27 Rajab in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evenin g before. Source: Isra' and Mi'raj\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mabath/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ps752-remembrance-2027-01-08@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270109 SUMMARY:PS752 remembrance DESCRIPTION:Remembrance of the 176 people killed on Flight PS752\, 8 Januar y 2020. 8 January every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ps752-remembrance/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-hussein-birth-2027-01-11@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270112 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Hussein DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Hussein ibn Ali. 3 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian y ear. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Husayn ibn Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-hussein-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abbas-birth-2027-01-12@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270113 SUMMARY:Birth of Abbas ibn Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Abbas ibn Ali\, half-brother of Hussein and bearer of his standard at Karbala. 4 Shaban in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Abbas ibn Ali\, Wikipe dia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/abbas-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sajjad-birth-2027-01-13@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270114 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Zayn al-Abidin DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Hussein Zayn al-Abid in\, the fourth Imam. 5 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can mov e it by a day. Source: Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin\, Wikipedia (to verif y) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sajjad-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mid-shaban-2027-01-23@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270124 SUMMARY:Mid-Shaban DESCRIPTION:Sunni communities keep a night of prayer on 15 Shaban. Shia com munities mark the birth of Imam al-Mahdi on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 15 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Mid-Sha'ban\, W ikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mid-shaban/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ramadan-start-2027-02-08@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270209 SUMMARY:First day of Ramadan DESCRIPTION:The month of fasting begins. The day is set by sighting of the moon in many places\, so local dates can differ by a day. 1 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ramadan\, Wiki pedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ramadan-start/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-hasan-birth-2027-02-22@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270223 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Hasan DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Hasan ibn Ali\, the second I mam\, in the month of fasting. 15 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the m oon can move it by a day. Source: Hasan ibn Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-hasan-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-ali-martyrdom-2027-02-28@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270301 SUMMARY:Martyrdom of Imam Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mourn Ali ibn Abi Talib on 21 Ramadan. 21 Rama dan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Grego rian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali\ , Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-ali-martyrdom/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:laylat-qadr-shia-2027-03-02@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270302 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270303 SUMMARY:Laylat al-Qadr (23 Ramadan\, Shia) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities keep vigil on the nights of 19\, 21 and 23 Ram adan. The night of 23 Ramadan is the one most often named as the Night of Power. Begins at sunset the evening before. 23 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sigh ting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evening bef ore. Source: Night of Power\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/laylat-qadr-shia/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ramadan-eid-2027-03-09@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270309 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270310 SUMMARY:Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr DESCRIPTION:End of the fast of Ramadan. 1 Shawwal in the Lunar Hijri calend ar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting o f the moon can move it by a day. Source: ʿID-E FEṬR\, Encyclopaedia Ira nica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ramadan-eid/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:nowruz-2027-03-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270322 SUMMARY:Nowruz DESCRIPTION:New year of the Solar Hijri calendar: haft-sin table\, spring c leaning\, visits and gifts. UNESCO Representative List\; UN International Day of Nowruz\, 21 March. 1 Farvardin in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gre gorian date moves by a day between years. The year turns at the moment of the March equinox. Source: NOWRUZ\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondar y) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/nowruz/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-reza-birth-2027-04-18@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270419 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Reza DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Ali al-Ridha\, the eighth im am\, on 11 Dhu al-Qadah. Pilgrims visit his shrine in Mashhad. 11 Dhu al-Q adah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Greg orian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali al-Rida\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-reza-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:arafah-2027-05-15@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270516 SUMMARY:Day of Arafah DESCRIPTION:The ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah\, when pilgrims stand at Arafat. Man y Muslims fast and pray at home. 9 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calend ar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting o f the moon can move it by a day. Source: Day of Arafah\, Wikipedia (to ver ify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/arafah/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-al-adha-2027-05-16@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270517 SUMMARY:Eid al-Adha (Eid-e Qorban) DESCRIPTION:Feast of the Sacrifice at the close of the Hajj. 10 Dhu al-Hijj ah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregor ian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: ʿID- E QORBĀN\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-al-adha/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-ghadir-2027-05-24@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270524 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270525 SUMMARY:Eid al-Ghadir DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the day of Ghadir Khumm\, when they hold that Muhammad named Ali as his successor. Sunni communities do not share t his reading. 18 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Eid al-Ghadir\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-ghadir/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-mubahala-2027-05-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270530 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270531 SUMMARY:Eid al-Mubahala DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the Mubahala\, the meeting of Muhammad wi th a Christian delegation from Najran\, as a day of the Prophet's househol d. Sunni communities do not keep it as a festival. 24 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Mubahala\, Wik ipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-mubahala/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:islamic-new-year-2027-06-06@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270606 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270607 SUMMARY:Islamic New Year DESCRIPTION:The first day of Muharram opens the Lunar Hijri year. Sunni and Shia communities mark it with prayer and reflection. 1 Muharram in the Lu nar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Islamic New Year\ , Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/islamic-new-year/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:tasua-2027-06-14@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270615 SUMMARY:Tasua DESCRIPTION:The ninth of Muharram\, the eve of Ashura\, when Shia communiti es remember Abbas ibn Ali and the companions of Husayn at Karbala. 9 Muhar ram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Grego rian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Tasu 'a\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/tasua/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ashura-2027-06-15@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270615 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270616 SUMMARY:Muharram and Ashura DESCRIPTION:Mourning of Imam Hussein\; ta'zieh passion plays (UNESCO). 10 M uharram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each G regorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: TAʿZIA\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ashura/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:manjil-rudbar-earthquake-2027-06-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270622 SUMMARY:Manjil-Rudbar earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:A large earthquake struck Gilan and Zanjan on 21 June 1990. Sur vivors and families remember the victims\, many of them Gilaki and Talysh speakers. 21 June every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: 1990 Man jil-Rudbar earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/manjil-rudbar-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sardasht-remembrance-2027-06-28@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270629 SUMMARY:Sardasht chemical attack remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 28 June 1987 Iraqi aircraft bombed the Kurdish town of Sarda sht in Iran with chemical weapons. Survivors and families remember the vic tims every year. 28 June every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: I ran-Iraq War\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sardasht-remembrance/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:iran-air-655-2027-07-03@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270704 SUMMARY:Iran Air Flight 655 remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 3 July 1988 a United States Navy warship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Gulf\, and all 290 people aboard died. The two governm ents describe the cause differently\, and the International Court of Justi ce case ended in a settlement in 1996. 3 July every year\, in the Gregoria n calendar. Source: Iran Air Flight 655\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/iran-air-655/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:arbaeen-2027-07-24@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270724 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270725 SUMMARY:Arbaeen DESCRIPTION:The fortieth day after Ashura. Shia communities remember Husayn ibn Ali\, and many walk to Karbala in Iraq. 20 Safar in the Lunar Hijri c alendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sight ing of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Arba'in\, Wikipedia (to veri fy) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/arbaeen/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:safar-28-2027-08-01@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270802 SUMMARY:Death of the Prophet and martyrdom of Imam Hasan (28 Safar) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities remember the death of Muhammad and the death o f Hasan ibn Ali on 28 Safar. Sunni communities place the death of Muhammad on 12 Rabi al-Awwal. 28 Safar in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can mov e it by a day. Source: Safar\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/safar-28/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mawlid-shia-2027-08-19@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270819 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270820 SUMMARY:Mawlid (17 Rabi al-Awwal) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of the Prophet Muhammad\, and o f Imam Jafar al-Sadiq\, on 17 Rabi al-Awwal. Iran calls the days from 12 t o 17 Unity Week. 17 Rabi al-Awwal in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes ab out 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Mawlid\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mawlid-shia/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:jina-amini-2027-09-16@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270917 SUMMARY:Woman\, Life\, Freedom anniversary DESCRIPTION:Anniversary of the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini\, 16 September 2 022. 16 September every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: Death of Mahsa Amini\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/jina-amini/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:kermanshah-earthquake-2027-11-12@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271113 SUMMARY:Kermanshah earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Iran and Iraq border regi on on 12 November 2017. Most of the damage in Iran was in Kermanshah provi nce\, around Sarpol-e Zahab. Families and relief groups remember the victi ms. 12 November every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: 2017 Iran- Iraq earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/kermanshah-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fatima-birth-2027-11-19@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271120 SUMMARY:Birth of Fatima DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Fatima\, daughter of the Pro phet Muhammad\, on 20 Jumada al-Thani. Iran also keeps the day as a day of women and mothers. 20 Jumada al-Thani in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It com es about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Fatima\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/fatima-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-ali-birth-2027-12-11@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271212 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia and many Sufi communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Abi Ta lib on 13 Rajab. 13 Rajab in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 d ays earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-ali-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mabath-2027-12-25@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271226 SUMMARY:Isra and Mi’raj\, and the Mab’ath DESCRIPTION:Many Muslims remember the Prophet's night journey and ascent on 27 Rajab. Shia communities also mark the Mab'ath\, the first revelation\, on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 27 Rajab in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evenin g before. Source: Isra' and Mi'raj\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mabath/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bam-earthquake-2027-12-26@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271227 SUMMARY:Bam earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 26 December 2003 an earthquake destroyed much of the city of Bam in Kerman province and killed tens of thousands of people. Iranians a t home and abroad remember the victims. 26 December every year\, in the Gr egorian calendar. Source: 2003 Bam earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/bam-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-hussein-birth-2027-12-31@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280101 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Hussein DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Hussein ibn Ali. 3 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian y ear. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Husayn ibn Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-hussein-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abbas-birth-2028-01-01@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280102 SUMMARY:Birth of Abbas ibn Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Abbas ibn Ali\, half-brother of Hussein and bearer of his standard at Karbala. 4 Shaban in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Abbas ibn Ali\, Wikipe dia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/abbas-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sajjad-birth-2028-01-02@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280103 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Zayn al-Abidin DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Hussein Zayn al-Abid in\, the fourth Imam. 5 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can mov e it by a day. Source: Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin\, Wikipedia (to verif y) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sajjad-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ps752-remembrance-2028-01-08@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280109 SUMMARY:PS752 remembrance DESCRIPTION:Remembrance of the 176 people killed on Flight PS752\, 8 Januar y 2020. 8 January every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ps752-remembrance/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mid-shaban-2028-01-12@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280113 SUMMARY:Mid-Shaban DESCRIPTION:Sunni communities keep a night of prayer on 15 Shaban. Shia com munities mark the birth of Imam al-Mahdi on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 15 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Mid-Sha'ban\, W ikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mid-shaban/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ramadan-start-2028-01-28@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280129 SUMMARY:First day of Ramadan DESCRIPTION:The month of fasting begins. The day is set by sighting of the moon in many places\, so local dates can differ by a day. 1 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ramadan\, Wiki pedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ramadan-start/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-hasan-birth-2028-02-11@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280212 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Hasan DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Hasan ibn Ali\, the second I mam\, in the month of fasting. 15 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the m oon can move it by a day. Source: Hasan ibn Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-hasan-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-ali-martyrdom-2028-02-17@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280218 SUMMARY:Martyrdom of Imam Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mourn Ali ibn Abi Talib on 21 Ramadan. 21 Rama dan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Grego rian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali\ , Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-ali-martyrdom/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:laylat-qadr-shia-2028-02-19@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280220 SUMMARY:Laylat al-Qadr (23 Ramadan\, Shia) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities keep vigil on the nights of 19\, 21 and 23 Ram adan. The night of 23 Ramadan is the one most often named as the Night of Power. Begins at sunset the evening before. 23 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sigh ting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evening bef ore. Source: Night of Power\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/laylat-qadr-shia/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ramadan-eid-2028-02-26@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280227 SUMMARY:Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr DESCRIPTION:End of the fast of Ramadan. 1 Shawwal in the Lunar Hijri calend ar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting o f the moon can move it by a day. Source: ʿID-E FEṬR\, Encyclopaedia Ira nica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ramadan-eid/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:nowruz-2028-03-20@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280321 SUMMARY:Nowruz DESCRIPTION:New year of the Solar Hijri calendar: haft-sin table\, spring c leaning\, visits and gifts. UNESCO Representative List\; UN International Day of Nowruz\, 21 March. 1 Farvardin in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gre gorian date moves by a day between years. The year turns at the moment of the March equinox. Source: NOWRUZ\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondar y) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/nowruz/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-reza-birth-2028-04-06@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280407 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Reza DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Ali al-Ridha\, the eighth im am\, on 11 Dhu al-Qadah. Pilgrims visit his shrine in Mashhad. 11 Dhu al-Q adah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Greg orian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali al-Rida\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-reza-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:arafah-2028-05-04@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280504 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280505 SUMMARY:Day of Arafah DESCRIPTION:The ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah\, when pilgrims stand at Arafat. Man y Muslims fast and pray at home. 9 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calend ar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting o f the moon can move it by a day. Source: Day of Arafah\, Wikipedia (to ver ify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/arafah/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-al-adha-2028-05-05@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280505 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280506 SUMMARY:Eid al-Adha (Eid-e Qorban) DESCRIPTION:Feast of the Sacrifice at the close of the Hajj. 10 Dhu al-Hijj ah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregor ian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: ʿID- E QORBĀN\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-al-adha/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-ghadir-2028-05-13@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280513 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280514 SUMMARY:Eid al-Ghadir DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the day of Ghadir Khumm\, when they hold that Muhammad named Ali as his successor. Sunni communities do not share t his reading. 18 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Eid al-Ghadir\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-ghadir/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-mubahala-2028-05-19@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280519 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280520 SUMMARY:Eid al-Mubahala DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the Mubahala\, the meeting of Muhammad wi th a Christian delegation from Najran\, as a day of the Prophet's househol d. Sunni communities do not keep it as a festival. 24 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Mubahala\, Wik ipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-mubahala/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:islamic-new-year-2028-05-25@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280526 SUMMARY:Islamic New Year DESCRIPTION:The first day of Muharram opens the Lunar Hijri year. Sunni and Shia communities mark it with prayer and reflection. 1 Muharram in the Lu nar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Islamic New Year\ , Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/islamic-new-year/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:tasua-2028-06-02@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280602 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280603 SUMMARY:Tasua DESCRIPTION:The ninth of Muharram\, the eve of Ashura\, when Shia communiti es remember Abbas ibn Ali and the companions of Husayn at Karbala. 9 Muhar ram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Grego rian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Tasu 'a\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/tasua/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ashura-2028-06-03@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280603 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280604 SUMMARY:Muharram and Ashura DESCRIPTION:Mourning of Imam Hussein\; ta'zieh passion plays (UNESCO). 10 M uharram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each G regorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: TAʿZIA\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ashura/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:manjil-rudbar-earthquake-2028-06-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280622 SUMMARY:Manjil-Rudbar earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:A large earthquake struck Gilan and Zanjan on 21 June 1990. Sur vivors and families remember the victims\, many of them Gilaki and Talysh speakers. 21 June every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: 1990 Man jil-Rudbar earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/manjil-rudbar-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sardasht-remembrance-2028-06-28@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280629 SUMMARY:Sardasht chemical attack remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 28 June 1987 Iraqi aircraft bombed the Kurdish town of Sarda sht in Iran with chemical weapons. Survivors and families remember the vic tims every year. 28 June every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: I ran-Iraq War\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sardasht-remembrance/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:iran-air-655-2028-07-03@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280704 SUMMARY:Iran Air Flight 655 remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 3 July 1988 a United States Navy warship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Gulf\, and all 290 people aboard died. The two governm ents describe the cause differently\, and the International Court of Justi ce case ended in a settlement in 1996. 3 July every year\, in the Gregoria n calendar. Source: Iran Air Flight 655\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/iran-air-655/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:arbaeen-2028-07-13@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280713 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280714 SUMMARY:Arbaeen DESCRIPTION:The fortieth day after Ashura. Shia communities remember Husayn ibn Ali\, and many walk to Karbala in Iraq. 20 Safar in the Lunar Hijri c alendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sight ing of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Arba'in\, Wikipedia (to veri fy) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/arbaeen/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:safar-28-2028-07-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280721 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280722 SUMMARY:Death of the Prophet and martyrdom of Imam Hasan (28 Safar) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities remember the death of Muhammad and the death o f Hasan ibn Ali on 28 Safar. Sunni communities place the death of Muhammad on 12 Rabi al-Awwal. 28 Safar in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can mov e it by a day. Source: Safar\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/safar-28/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mawlid-shia-2028-08-08@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280808 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280809 SUMMARY:Mawlid (17 Rabi al-Awwal) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of the Prophet Muhammad\, and o f Imam Jafar al-Sadiq\, on 17 Rabi al-Awwal. Iran calls the days from 12 t o 17 Unity Week. 17 Rabi al-Awwal in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes ab out 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Mawlid\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mawlid-shia/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:jina-amini-2028-09-16@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280917 SUMMARY:Woman\, Life\, Freedom anniversary DESCRIPTION:Anniversary of the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini\, 16 September 2 022. 16 September every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: Death of Mahsa Amini\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/jina-amini/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fatima-birth-2028-11-07@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281108 SUMMARY:Birth of Fatima DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Fatima\, daughter of the Pro phet Muhammad\, on 20 Jumada al-Thani. Iran also keeps the day as a day of women and mothers. 20 Jumada al-Thani in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It com es about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Fatima\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/fatima-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:kermanshah-earthquake-2028-11-12@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281113 SUMMARY:Kermanshah earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Iran and Iraq border regi on on 12 November 2017. Most of the damage in Iran was in Kermanshah provi nce\, around Sarpol-e Zahab. Families and relief groups remember the victi ms. 12 November every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: 2017 Iran- Iraq earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/kermanshah-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-ali-birth-2028-11-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281201 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia and many Sufi communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Abi Ta lib on 13 Rajab. 13 Rajab in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 d ays earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-ali-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mabath-2028-12-14@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281215 SUMMARY:Isra and Mi’raj\, and the Mab’ath DESCRIPTION:Many Muslims remember the Prophet's night journey and ascent on 27 Rajab. Shia communities also mark the Mab'ath\, the first revelation\, on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 27 Rajab in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evenin g before. Source: Isra' and Mi'raj\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mabath/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-hussein-birth-2028-12-19@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281220 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Hussein DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Hussein ibn Ali. 3 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian y ear. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Husayn ibn Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-hussein-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abbas-birth-2028-12-20@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281220 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281221 SUMMARY:Birth of Abbas ibn Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Abbas ibn Ali\, half-brother of Hussein and bearer of his standard at Karbala. 4 Shaban in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Abbas ibn Ali\, Wikipe dia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/abbas-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sajjad-birth-2028-12-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281222 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Zayn al-Abidin DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Hussein Zayn al-Abid in\, the fourth Imam. 5 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can mov e it by a day. Source: Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin\, Wikipedia (to verif y) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sajjad-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bam-earthquake-2028-12-26@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281227 SUMMARY:Bam earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 26 December 2003 an earthquake destroyed much of the city of Bam in Kerman province and killed tens of thousands of people. Iranians a t home and abroad remember the victims. 26 December every year\, in the Gr egorian calendar. Source: 2003 Bam earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/bam-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mid-shaban-2028-12-31@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290101 SUMMARY:Mid-Shaban DESCRIPTION:Sunni communities keep a night of prayer on 15 Shaban. Shia com munities mark the birth of Imam al-Mahdi on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 15 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Mid-Sha'ban\, W ikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mid-shaban/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ps752-remembrance-2029-01-08@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290109 SUMMARY:PS752 remembrance DESCRIPTION:Remembrance of the 176 people killed on Flight PS752\, 8 Januar y 2020. 8 January every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ps752-remembrance/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ramadan-start-2029-01-16@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290117 SUMMARY:First day of Ramadan DESCRIPTION:The month of fasting begins. The day is set by sighting of the moon in many places\, so local dates can differ by a day. 1 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ramadan\, Wiki pedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ramadan-start/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-hasan-birth-2029-01-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290131 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Hasan DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Hasan ibn Ali\, the second I mam\, in the month of fasting. 15 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the m oon can move it by a day. Source: Hasan ibn Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-hasan-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-ali-martyrdom-2029-02-05@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290206 SUMMARY:Martyrdom of Imam Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mourn Ali ibn Abi Talib on 21 Ramadan. 21 Rama dan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Grego rian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali\ , Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-ali-martyrdom/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:laylat-qadr-shia-2029-02-07@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290208 SUMMARY:Laylat al-Qadr (23 Ramadan\, Shia) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities keep vigil on the nights of 19\, 21 and 23 Ram adan. The night of 23 Ramadan is the one most often named as the Night of Power. Begins at sunset the evening before. 23 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sigh ting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evening bef ore. Source: Night of Power\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/laylat-qadr-shia/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ramadan-eid-2029-02-14@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290215 SUMMARY:Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr DESCRIPTION:End of the fast of Ramadan. 1 Shawwal in the Lunar Hijri calend ar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting o f the moon can move it by a day. Source: ʿID-E FEṬR\, Encyclopaedia Ira nica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ramadan-eid/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:nowruz-2029-03-20@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290321 SUMMARY:Nowruz DESCRIPTION:New year of the Solar Hijri calendar: haft-sin table\, spring c leaning\, visits and gifts. UNESCO Representative List\; UN International Day of Nowruz\, 21 March. 1 Farvardin in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gre gorian date moves by a day between years. The year turns at the moment of the March equinox. Source: NOWRUZ\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondar y) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/nowruz/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-reza-birth-2029-03-26@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290327 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Reza DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Ali al-Ridha\, the eighth im am\, on 11 Dhu al-Qadah. Pilgrims visit his shrine in Mashhad. 11 Dhu al-Q adah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Greg orian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali al-Rida\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-reza-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:arafah-2029-04-23@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290424 SUMMARY:Day of Arafah DESCRIPTION:The ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah\, when pilgrims stand at Arafat. Man y Muslims fast and pray at home. 9 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calend ar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting o f the moon can move it by a day. Source: Day of Arafah\, Wikipedia (to ver ify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/arafah/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-al-adha-2029-04-24@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290424 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290425 SUMMARY:Eid al-Adha (Eid-e Qorban) DESCRIPTION:Feast of the Sacrifice at the close of the Hajj. 10 Dhu al-Hijj ah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregor ian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: ʿID- E QORBĀN\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-al-adha/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-ghadir-2029-05-02@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290502 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290503 SUMMARY:Eid al-Ghadir DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the day of Ghadir Khumm\, when they hold that Muhammad named Ali as his successor. Sunni communities do not share t his reading. 18 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Eid al-Ghadir\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-ghadir/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-mubahala-2029-05-08@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290508 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290509 SUMMARY:Eid al-Mubahala DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the Mubahala\, the meeting of Muhammad wi th a Christian delegation from Najran\, as a day of the Prophet's househol d. Sunni communities do not keep it as a festival. 24 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Mubahala\, Wik ipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-mubahala/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:islamic-new-year-2029-05-14@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290514 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290515 SUMMARY:Islamic New Year DESCRIPTION:The first day of Muharram opens the Lunar Hijri year. Sunni and Shia communities mark it with prayer and reflection. 1 Muharram in the Lu nar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Islamic New Year\ , Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/islamic-new-year/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:tasua-2029-05-22@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290522 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290523 SUMMARY:Tasua DESCRIPTION:The ninth of Muharram\, the eve of Ashura\, when Shia communiti es remember Abbas ibn Ali and the companions of Husayn at Karbala. 9 Muhar ram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Grego rian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Tasu 'a\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/tasua/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ashura-2029-05-23@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290524 SUMMARY:Muharram and Ashura DESCRIPTION:Mourning of Imam Hussein\; ta'zieh passion plays (UNESCO). 10 M uharram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each G regorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: TAʿZIA\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ashura/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:manjil-rudbar-earthquake-2029-06-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290622 SUMMARY:Manjil-Rudbar earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:A large earthquake struck Gilan and Zanjan on 21 June 1990. Sur vivors and families remember the victims\, many of them Gilaki and Talysh speakers. 21 June every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: 1990 Man jil-Rudbar earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/manjil-rudbar-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sardasht-remembrance-2029-06-28@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290629 SUMMARY:Sardasht chemical attack remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 28 June 1987 Iraqi aircraft bombed the Kurdish town of Sarda sht in Iran with chemical weapons. Survivors and families remember the vic tims every year. 28 June every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: I ran-Iraq War\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sardasht-remembrance/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:arbaeen-2029-07-02@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290702 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290703 SUMMARY:Arbaeen DESCRIPTION:The fortieth day after Ashura. Shia communities remember Husayn ibn Ali\, and many walk to Karbala in Iraq. 20 Safar in the Lunar Hijri c alendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sight ing of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Arba'in\, Wikipedia (to veri fy) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/arbaeen/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:iran-air-655-2029-07-03@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290704 SUMMARY:Iran Air Flight 655 remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 3 July 1988 a United States Navy warship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Gulf\, and all 290 people aboard died. The two governm ents describe the cause differently\, and the International Court of Justi ce case ended in a settlement in 1996. 3 July every year\, in the Gregoria n calendar. Source: Iran Air Flight 655\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/iran-air-655/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:safar-28-2029-07-10@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290710 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290711 SUMMARY:Death of the Prophet and martyrdom of Imam Hasan (28 Safar) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities remember the death of Muhammad and the death o f Hasan ibn Ali on 28 Safar. Sunni communities place the death of Muhammad on 12 Rabi al-Awwal. 28 Safar in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can mov e it by a day. Source: Safar\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/safar-28/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mawlid-shia-2029-07-29@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290729 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290730 SUMMARY:Mawlid (17 Rabi al-Awwal) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of the Prophet Muhammad\, and o f Imam Jafar al-Sadiq\, on 17 Rabi al-Awwal. Iran calls the days from 12 t o 17 Unity Week. 17 Rabi al-Awwal in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes ab out 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Mawlid\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mawlid-shia/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:jina-amini-2029-09-16@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290917 SUMMARY:Woman\, Life\, Freedom anniversary DESCRIPTION:Anniversary of the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini\, 16 September 2 022. 16 September every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: Death of Mahsa Amini\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/jina-amini/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fatima-birth-2029-10-28@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291029 SUMMARY:Birth of Fatima DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Fatima\, daughter of the Pro phet Muhammad\, on 20 Jumada al-Thani. Iran also keeps the day as a day of women and mothers. 20 Jumada al-Thani in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It com es about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Fatima\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/fatima-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:kermanshah-earthquake-2029-11-12@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291113 SUMMARY:Kermanshah earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Iran and Iraq border regi on on 12 November 2017. Most of the damage in Iran was in Kermanshah provi nce\, around Sarpol-e Zahab. Families and relief groups remember the victi ms. 12 November every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: 2017 Iran- Iraq earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/kermanshah-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-ali-birth-2029-11-20@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291121 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia and many Sufi communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Abi Ta lib on 13 Rajab. 13 Rajab in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 d ays earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-ali-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mabath-2029-12-04@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291205 SUMMARY:Isra and Mi’raj\, and the Mab’ath DESCRIPTION:Many Muslims remember the Prophet's night journey and ascent on 27 Rajab. Shia communities also mark the Mab'ath\, the first revelation\, on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 27 Rajab in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evenin g before. Source: Isra' and Mi'raj\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mabath/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-hussein-birth-2029-12-09@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291210 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Hussein DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Hussein ibn Ali. 3 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian y ear. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Husayn ibn Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-hussein-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abbas-birth-2029-12-10@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291211 SUMMARY:Birth of Abbas ibn Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Abbas ibn Ali\, half-brother of Hussein and bearer of his standard at Karbala. 4 Shaban in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Abbas ibn Ali\, Wikipe dia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/abbas-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sajjad-birth-2029-12-11@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291212 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Zayn al-Abidin DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Hussein Zayn al-Abid in\, the fourth Imam. 5 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can mov e it by a day. Source: Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin\, Wikipedia (to verif y) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sajjad-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mid-shaban-2029-12-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291222 SUMMARY:Mid-Shaban DESCRIPTION:Sunni communities keep a night of prayer on 15 Shaban. Shia com munities mark the birth of Imam al-Mahdi on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 15 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Mid-Sha'ban\, W ikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mid-shaban/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bam-earthquake-2029-12-26@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291227 SUMMARY:Bam earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 26 December 2003 an earthquake destroyed much of the city of Bam in Kerman province and killed tens of thousands of people. Iranians a t home and abroad remember the victims. 26 December every year\, in the Gr egorian calendar. Source: 2003 Bam earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/bam-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ramadan-start-2030-01-05@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300106 SUMMARY:First day of Ramadan DESCRIPTION:The month of fasting begins. The day is set by sighting of the moon in many places\, so local dates can differ by a day. 1 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ramadan\, Wiki pedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ramadan-start/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ps752-remembrance-2030-01-08@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300109 SUMMARY:PS752 remembrance DESCRIPTION:Remembrance of the 176 people killed on Flight PS752\, 8 Januar y 2020. 8 January every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ps752-remembrance/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-hasan-birth-2030-01-19@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300120 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Hasan DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Hasan ibn Ali\, the second I mam\, in the month of fasting. 15 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the m oon can move it by a day. Source: Hasan ibn Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-hasan-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-ali-martyrdom-2030-01-25@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300126 SUMMARY:Martyrdom of Imam Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mourn Ali ibn Abi Talib on 21 Ramadan. 21 Rama dan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Grego rian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali\ , Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-ali-martyrdom/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:laylat-qadr-shia-2030-01-27@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300128 SUMMARY:Laylat al-Qadr (23 Ramadan\, Shia) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities keep vigil on the nights of 19\, 21 and 23 Ram adan. The night of 23 Ramadan is the one most often named as the Night of Power. Begins at sunset the evening before. 23 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sigh ting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evening bef ore. Source: Night of Power\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/laylat-qadr-shia/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ramadan-eid-2030-02-04@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300205 SUMMARY:Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr DESCRIPTION:End of the fast of Ramadan. 1 Shawwal in the Lunar Hijri calend ar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting o f the moon can move it by a day. Source: ʿID-E FEṬR\, Encyclopaedia Ira nica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ramadan-eid/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-reza-birth-2030-03-16@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300316 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300317 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Reza DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Ali al-Ridha\, the eighth im am\, on 11 Dhu al-Qadah. Pilgrims visit his shrine in Mashhad. 11 Dhu al-Q adah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Greg orian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali al-Rida\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-reza-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:nowruz-2030-03-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300322 SUMMARY:Nowruz DESCRIPTION:New year of the Solar Hijri calendar: haft-sin table\, spring c leaning\, visits and gifts. UNESCO Representative List\; UN International Day of Nowruz\, 21 March. 1 Farvardin in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gre gorian date moves by a day between years. The year turns at the moment of the March equinox. Source: NOWRUZ\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondar y) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/nowruz/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:arafah-2030-04-12@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300412 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300413 SUMMARY:Day of Arafah DESCRIPTION:The ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah\, when pilgrims stand at Arafat. Man y Muslims fast and pray at home. 9 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calend ar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting o f the moon can move it by a day. Source: Day of Arafah\, Wikipedia (to ver ify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/arafah/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-al-adha-2030-04-13@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300414 SUMMARY:Eid al-Adha (Eid-e Qorban) DESCRIPTION:Feast of the Sacrifice at the close of the Hajj. 10 Dhu al-Hijj ah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregor ian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: ʿID- E QORBĀN\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-al-adha/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-ghadir-2030-04-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300421 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300422 SUMMARY:Eid al-Ghadir DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the day of Ghadir Khumm\, when they hold that Muhammad named Ali as his successor. Sunni communities do not share t his reading. 18 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Eid al-Ghadir\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-ghadir/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eid-mubahala-2030-04-27@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300428 SUMMARY:Eid al-Mubahala DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the Mubahala\, the meeting of Muhammad wi th a Christian delegation from Najran\, as a day of the Prophet's househol d. Sunni communities do not keep it as a festival. 24 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Mubahala\, Wik ipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/eid-mubahala/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:islamic-new-year-2030-05-04@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300504 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300505 SUMMARY:Islamic New Year DESCRIPTION:The first day of Muharram opens the Lunar Hijri year. Sunni and Shia communities mark it with prayer and reflection. 1 Muharram in the Lu nar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Islamic New Year\ , Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/islamic-new-year/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:tasua-2030-05-12@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300512 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300513 SUMMARY:Tasua DESCRIPTION:The ninth of Muharram\, the eve of Ashura\, when Shia communiti es remember Abbas ibn Ali and the companions of Husayn at Karbala. 9 Muhar ram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Grego rian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Tasu 'a\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/tasua/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ashura-2030-05-13@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300513 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300514 SUMMARY:Muharram and Ashura DESCRIPTION:Mourning of Imam Hussein\; ta'zieh passion plays (UNESCO). 10 M uharram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each G regorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: TAʿZIA\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ashura/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:manjil-rudbar-earthquake-2030-06-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300622 SUMMARY:Manjil-Rudbar earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:A large earthquake struck Gilan and Zanjan on 21 June 1990. Sur vivors and families remember the victims\, many of them Gilaki and Talysh speakers. 21 June every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: 1990 Man jil-Rudbar earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/manjil-rudbar-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:arbaeen-2030-06-22@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300622 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300623 SUMMARY:Arbaeen DESCRIPTION:The fortieth day after Ashura. Shia communities remember Husayn ibn Ali\, and many walk to Karbala in Iraq. 20 Safar in the Lunar Hijri c alendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sight ing of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Arba'in\, Wikipedia (to veri fy) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/arbaeen/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sardasht-remembrance-2030-06-28@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300629 SUMMARY:Sardasht chemical attack remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 28 June 1987 Iraqi aircraft bombed the Kurdish town of Sarda sht in Iran with chemical weapons. Survivors and families remember the vic tims every year. 28 June every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: I ran-Iraq War\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sardasht-remembrance/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:safar-28-2030-06-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300701 SUMMARY:Death of the Prophet and martyrdom of Imam Hasan (28 Safar) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities remember the death of Muhammad and the death o f Hasan ibn Ali on 28 Safar. Sunni communities place the death of Muhammad on 12 Rabi al-Awwal. 28 Safar in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can mov e it by a day. Source: Safar\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/safar-28/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:iran-air-655-2030-07-03@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300704 SUMMARY:Iran Air Flight 655 remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 3 July 1988 a United States Navy warship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Gulf\, and all 290 people aboard died. The two governm ents describe the cause differently\, and the International Court of Justi ce case ended in a settlement in 1996. 3 July every year\, in the Gregoria n calendar. Source: Iran Air Flight 655\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/iran-air-655/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mawlid-shia-2030-07-18@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300718 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300719 SUMMARY:Mawlid (17 Rabi al-Awwal) DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of the Prophet Muhammad\, and o f Imam Jafar al-Sadiq\, on 17 Rabi al-Awwal. Iran calls the days from 12 t o 17 Unity Week. 17 Rabi al-Awwal in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes ab out 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Mawlid\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mawlid-shia/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:jina-amini-2030-09-16@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300917 SUMMARY:Woman\, Life\, Freedom anniversary DESCRIPTION:Anniversary of the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini\, 16 September 2 022. 16 September every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: Death of Mahsa Amini\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/jina-amini/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fatima-birth-2030-10-18@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301018 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301019 SUMMARY:Birth of Fatima DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Fatima\, daughter of the Pro phet Muhammad\, on 20 Jumada al-Thani. Iran also keeps the day as a day of women and mothers. 20 Jumada al-Thani in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It com es about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Fatima\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/fatima-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-ali-birth-2030-11-09@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301110 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia and many Sufi communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Abi Ta lib on 13 Rajab. 13 Rajab in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 d ays earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-ali-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:kermanshah-earthquake-2030-11-12@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301113 SUMMARY:Kermanshah earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Iran and Iraq border regi on on 12 November 2017. Most of the damage in Iran was in Kermanshah provi nce\, around Sarpol-e Zahab. Families and relief groups remember the victi ms. 12 November every year\, in the Gregorian calendar. Source: 2017 Iran- Iraq earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/kermanshah-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mabath-2030-11-23@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301124 SUMMARY:Isra and Mi’raj\, and the Mab’ath DESCRIPTION:Many Muslims remember the Prophet's night journey and ascent on 27 Rajab. Shia communities also mark the Mab'ath\, the first revelation\, on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 27 Rajab in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evenin g before. Source: Isra' and Mi'raj\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mabath/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:imam-hussein-birth-2030-11-29@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301130 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Hussein DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Hussein ibn Ali. 3 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian y ear. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Husayn ibn Ali\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/imam-hussein-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abbas-birth-2030-11-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301201 SUMMARY:Birth of Abbas ibn Ali DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Abbas ibn Ali\, half-brother of Hussein and bearer of his standard at Karbala. 4 Shaban in the Lunar H ijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Abbas ibn Ali\, Wikipe dia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/abbas-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sajjad-birth-2030-12-01@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301202 SUMMARY:Birth of Imam Zayn al-Abidin DESCRIPTION:Shia communities mark the birth of Ali ibn Hussein Zayn al-Abid in\, the fourth Imam. 5 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can mov e it by a day. Source: Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin\, Wikipedia (to verif y) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sajjad-birth/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mid-shaban-2030-12-11@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301212 SUMMARY:Mid-Shaban DESCRIPTION:Sunni communities keep a night of prayer on 15 Shaban. Shia com munities mark the birth of Imam al-Mahdi on this day. Begins at sunset the evening before. 15 Shaban in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Mid-Sha'ban\, W ikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mid-shaban/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bam-earthquake-2030-12-26@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301227 SUMMARY:Bam earthquake remembrance DESCRIPTION:On 26 December 2003 an earthquake destroyed much of the city of Bam in Kerman province and killed tens of thousands of people. Iranians a t home and abroad remember the victims. 26 December every year\, in the Gr egorian calendar. Source: 2003 Bam earthquake\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/bam-earthquake/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ramadan-start-2030-12-26@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301227 SUMMARY:First day of Ramadan DESCRIPTION:The month of fasting begins. The day is set by sighting of the moon in many places\, so local dates can differ by a day. 1 Ramadan in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It comes about 11 days earlier each Gregorian year. A local sighting of the moon can move it by a day. Source: Ramadan\, Wiki pedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/ramadan-start/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR