BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//iranians.global//calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:IDCDC: Zoroastrian communities 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:bahmanagan-2026-01-22@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260123 SUMMARY:Bahmanagan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian feast of the day Bahman in the month Bahman\, tie d to the amesha spenta of good thought and to the care of animals. Familie s share vegetarian food. 2 Bahman in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregori an date moves by a day between years. Source: Bahmanagān\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/bahmanagan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sadeh-2026-01-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260131 SUMMARY:Sadeh DESCRIPTION:Midwinter fire festival of Zoroastrian origin. 10 Bahman in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. So urce: SADA FESTIVAL\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sadeh/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:spendarmazgan-2026-02-24@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260225 SUMMARY:Sepandarmazgan DESCRIPTION:A festival of the earth and of women in the Zoroastrian and anc ient Iranian calendar\, on the day Spendarmad of the month Spendarmad. Som e families mark it today with gifts to mothers and wives. 5 Esfand in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. Sou rce: Sepandārmazgān\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/spendarmazgan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:chaharshanbe-suri-2026-03-18@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260319 SUMMARY:Chaharshanbe Suri DESCRIPTION:Jumping over bonfires to leave the year's ills behind. Begins a t sunset the evening before. The last Wednesday before the day of the rule below: 1 Farvardin in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Č AHĀRŠANBA-SŪRĪ\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/chaharshanbe-suri/ 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:khordad-sal-2026-05-27@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260527 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260528 SUMMARY:Khordad Sal DESCRIPTION:Zoroastrians in Iran keep the birth of Zarathustra on 6 Khordad . Other Zoroastrian groups follow other calendars and keep other dates. 6 Khordad in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day bet ween years. Source: Khordad Sal\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/khordad-sal/ 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: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 Persian Gulf\, and all 290 people aboard died. The two governments describe the cause differently\, and the International Court of Justice case ended in a settlement in 1996. 3 July every year\, in the Gregorian 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:tirgan-2026-07-04@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260704 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260705 SUMMARY:Tirgan DESCRIPTION:Water festival\; its organisers describe the Toronto Tirgan fes tival as the largest Iranian cultural festival outside Iran. 13 Tir in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. So urce: Tirgan\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/tirgan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mordadgan-2026-07-29@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260729 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260730 SUMMARY:Mordadgan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of Amurdad\, the spi rit of immortality and plants\, kept on the day Mordad of the month Mordad . 7 Mordad in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mordadgan/ 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:mehregan-2026-10-08@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261009 SUMMARY:Mehregan DESCRIPTION:Autumn festival of friendship\, of Zoroastrian origin. 16 Mehr in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between yea rs. Source: MEHRAGĀN\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mehregan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abanagan-2026-11-01@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 SUMMARY:Abanagan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of water\, kept on t he day Aban of the month Aban. Some families mark it by a stream or a well . 10 Aban in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day b etween years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/abanagan/ 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:azargan-2026-11-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261201 SUMMARY:Azargan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of fire\, kept on th e day Azar of the month Azar. 9 Azar in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Greg orian date moves by a day between years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, W ikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/azargan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:yalda-2026-12-22@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261223 SUMMARY:Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh) DESCRIPTION:Longest night: pomegranates\, watermelon\, nuts and Hafez divin ation\; UNESCO inscription 2022. Begins at sunset the evening before. 1 De y in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between y ears. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Yalda Night\, Wikipe dia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/yalda/ 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: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:bahmanagan-2027-01-22@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270123 SUMMARY:Bahmanagan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian feast of the day Bahman in the month Bahman\, tie d to the amesha spenta of good thought and to the care of animals. Familie s share vegetarian food. 2 Bahman in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregori an date moves by a day between years. Source: Bahmanagān\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/bahmanagan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sadeh-2027-01-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270131 SUMMARY:Sadeh DESCRIPTION:Midwinter fire festival of Zoroastrian origin. 10 Bahman in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. So urce: SADA FESTIVAL\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sadeh/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:spendarmazgan-2027-02-24@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270225 SUMMARY:Sepandarmazgan DESCRIPTION:A festival of the earth and of women in the Zoroastrian and anc ient Iranian calendar\, on the day Spendarmad of the month Spendarmad. Som e families mark it today with gifts to mothers and wives. 5 Esfand in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. Sou rce: Sepandārmazgān\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/spendarmazgan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:chaharshanbe-suri-2027-03-17@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270317 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270318 SUMMARY:Chaharshanbe Suri DESCRIPTION:Jumping over bonfires to leave the year's ills behind. Begins a t sunset the evening before. The last Wednesday before the day of the rule below: 1 Farvardin in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Č AHĀRŠANBA-SŪRĪ\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/chaharshanbe-suri/ 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:khordad-sal-2027-05-27@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270527 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270528 SUMMARY:Khordad Sal DESCRIPTION:Zoroastrians in Iran keep the birth of Zarathustra on 6 Khordad . Other Zoroastrian groups follow other calendars and keep other dates. 6 Khordad in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day bet ween years. Source: Khordad Sal\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/khordad-sal/ 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 Persian Gulf\, and all 290 people aboard died. The two governments describe the cause differently\, and the International Court of Justice case ended in a settlement in 1996. 3 July every year\, in the Gregorian 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:tirgan-2027-07-04@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270704 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270705 SUMMARY:Tirgan DESCRIPTION:Water festival\; its organisers describe the Toronto Tirgan fes tival as the largest Iranian cultural festival outside Iran. 13 Tir in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. So urce: Tirgan\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/tirgan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mordadgan-2027-07-29@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270729 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270730 SUMMARY:Mordadgan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of Amurdad\, the spi rit of immortality and plants\, kept on the day Mordad of the month Mordad . 7 Mordad in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mordadgan/ 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:mehregan-2027-10-08@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271009 SUMMARY:Mehregan DESCRIPTION:Autumn festival of friendship\, of Zoroastrian origin. 16 Mehr in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between yea rs. Source: MEHRAGĀN\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mehregan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abanagan-2027-11-01@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271102 SUMMARY:Abanagan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of water\, kept on t he day Aban of the month Aban. Some families mark it by a stream or a well . 10 Aban in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day b etween years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/abanagan/ 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:azargan-2027-11-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271201 SUMMARY:Azargan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of fire\, kept on th e day Azar of the month Azar. 9 Azar in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Greg orian date moves by a day between years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, W ikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/azargan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:yalda-2027-12-22@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271223 SUMMARY:Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh) DESCRIPTION:Longest night: pomegranates\, watermelon\, nuts and Hafez divin ation\; UNESCO inscription 2022. Begins at sunset the evening before. 1 De y in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between y ears. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Yalda Night\, Wikipe dia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/yalda/ 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: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:bahmanagan-2028-01-22@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280123 SUMMARY:Bahmanagan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian feast of the day Bahman in the month Bahman\, tie d to the amesha spenta of good thought and to the care of animals. Familie s share vegetarian food. 2 Bahman in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregori an date moves by a day between years. Source: Bahmanagān\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/bahmanagan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sadeh-2028-01-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280131 SUMMARY:Sadeh DESCRIPTION:Midwinter fire festival of Zoroastrian origin. 10 Bahman in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. So urce: SADA FESTIVAL\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sadeh/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:spendarmazgan-2028-02-24@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280225 SUMMARY:Sepandarmazgan DESCRIPTION:A festival of the earth and of women in the Zoroastrian and anc ient Iranian calendar\, on the day Spendarmad of the month Spendarmad. Som e families mark it today with gifts to mothers and wives. 5 Esfand in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. Sou rce: Sepandārmazgān\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/spendarmazgan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:chaharshanbe-suri-2028-03-15@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280316 SUMMARY:Chaharshanbe Suri DESCRIPTION:Jumping over bonfires to leave the year's ills behind. Begins a t sunset the evening before. The last Wednesday before the day of the rule below: 1 Farvardin in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Č AHĀRŠANBA-SŪRĪ\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/chaharshanbe-suri/ 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:khordad-sal-2028-05-26@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280526 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280527 SUMMARY:Khordad Sal DESCRIPTION:Zoroastrians in Iran keep the birth of Zarathustra on 6 Khordad . Other Zoroastrian groups follow other calendars and keep other dates. 6 Khordad in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day bet ween years. Source: Khordad Sal\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/khordad-sal/ 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 Persian Gulf\, and all 290 people aboard died. The two governments describe the cause differently\, and the International Court of Justice case ended in a settlement in 1996. 3 July every year\, in the Gregorian 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:tirgan-2028-07-03@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280704 SUMMARY:Tirgan DESCRIPTION:Water festival\; its organisers describe the Toronto Tirgan fes tival as the largest Iranian cultural festival outside Iran. 13 Tir in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. So urce: Tirgan\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/tirgan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mordadgan-2028-07-28@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280728 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280729 SUMMARY:Mordadgan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of Amurdad\, the spi rit of immortality and plants\, kept on the day Mordad of the month Mordad . 7 Mordad in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mordadgan/ 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:mehregan-2028-10-07@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281008 SUMMARY:Mehregan DESCRIPTION:Autumn festival of friendship\, of Zoroastrian origin. 16 Mehr in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between yea rs. Source: MEHRAGĀN\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mehregan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abanagan-2028-10-31@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281101 SUMMARY:Abanagan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of water\, kept on t he day Aban of the month Aban. Some families mark it by a stream or a well . 10 Aban in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day b etween years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/abanagan/ 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:azargan-2028-11-29@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281130 SUMMARY:Azargan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of fire\, kept on th e day Azar of the month Azar. 9 Azar in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Greg orian date moves by a day between years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, W ikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/azargan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:yalda-2028-12-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281222 SUMMARY:Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh) DESCRIPTION:Longest night: pomegranates\, watermelon\, nuts and Hafez divin ation\; UNESCO inscription 2022. Begins at sunset the evening before. 1 De y in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between y ears. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Yalda Night\, Wikipe dia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/yalda/ 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: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:bahmanagan-2029-01-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290122 SUMMARY:Bahmanagan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian feast of the day Bahman in the month Bahman\, tie d to the amesha spenta of good thought and to the care of animals. Familie s share vegetarian food. 2 Bahman in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregori an date moves by a day between years. Source: Bahmanagān\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/bahmanagan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sadeh-2029-01-29@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290130 SUMMARY:Sadeh DESCRIPTION:Midwinter fire festival of Zoroastrian origin. 10 Bahman in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. So urce: SADA FESTIVAL\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sadeh/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:spendarmazgan-2029-02-23@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290223 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290224 SUMMARY:Sepandarmazgan DESCRIPTION:A festival of the earth and of women in the Zoroastrian and anc ient Iranian calendar\, on the day Spendarmad of the month Spendarmad. Som e families mark it today with gifts to mothers and wives. 5 Esfand in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. Sou rce: Sepandārmazgān\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/spendarmazgan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:chaharshanbe-suri-2029-03-14@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290315 SUMMARY:Chaharshanbe Suri DESCRIPTION:Jumping over bonfires to leave the year's ills behind. Begins a t sunset the evening before. The last Wednesday before the day of the rule below: 1 Farvardin in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Č AHĀRŠANBA-SŪRĪ\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/chaharshanbe-suri/ 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:khordad-sal-2029-05-26@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290526 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290527 SUMMARY:Khordad Sal DESCRIPTION:Zoroastrians in Iran keep the birth of Zarathustra on 6 Khordad . Other Zoroastrian groups follow other calendars and keep other dates. 6 Khordad in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day bet ween years. Source: Khordad Sal\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/khordad-sal/ 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: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 Persian Gulf\, and all 290 people aboard died. The two governments describe the cause differently\, and the International Court of Justice case ended in a settlement in 1996. 3 July every year\, in the Gregorian 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:tirgan-2029-07-03@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290704 SUMMARY:Tirgan DESCRIPTION:Water festival\; its organisers describe the Toronto Tirgan fes tival as the largest Iranian cultural festival outside Iran. 13 Tir in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. So urce: Tirgan\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/tirgan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mordadgan-2029-07-28@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20290728 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290729 SUMMARY:Mordadgan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of Amurdad\, the spi rit of immortality and plants\, kept on the day Mordad of the month Mordad . 7 Mordad in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mordadgan/ 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:mehregan-2029-10-07@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291008 SUMMARY:Mehregan DESCRIPTION:Autumn festival of friendship\, of Zoroastrian origin. 16 Mehr in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between yea rs. Source: MEHRAGĀN\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mehregan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abanagan-2029-10-31@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291101 SUMMARY:Abanagan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of water\, kept on t he day Aban of the month Aban. Some families mark it by a stream or a well . 10 Aban in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day b etween years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/abanagan/ 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:azargan-2029-11-29@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291130 SUMMARY:Azargan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of fire\, kept on th e day Azar of the month Azar. 9 Azar in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Greg orian date moves by a day between years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, W ikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/azargan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:yalda-2029-12-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20291221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20291222 SUMMARY:Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh) DESCRIPTION:Longest night: pomegranates\, watermelon\, nuts and Hafez divin ation\; UNESCO inscription 2022. Begins at sunset the evening before. 1 De y in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between y ears. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Yalda Night\, Wikipe dia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/yalda/ 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: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:bahmanagan-2030-01-21@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300122 SUMMARY:Bahmanagan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian feast of the day Bahman in the month Bahman\, tie d to the amesha spenta of good thought and to the care of animals. Familie s share vegetarian food. 2 Bahman in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregori an date moves by a day between years. Source: Bahmanagān\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/bahmanagan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:sadeh-2030-01-29@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300130 SUMMARY:Sadeh DESCRIPTION:Midwinter fire festival of Zoroastrian origin. 10 Bahman in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. So urce: SADA FESTIVAL\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sadeh/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:spendarmazgan-2030-02-23@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300223 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300224 SUMMARY:Sepandarmazgan DESCRIPTION:A festival of the earth and of women in the Zoroastrian and anc ient Iranian calendar\, on the day Spendarmad of the month Spendarmad. Som e families mark it today with gifts to mothers and wives. 5 Esfand in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. Sou rce: Sepandārmazgān\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/spendarmazgan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:chaharshanbe-suri-2030-03-20@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300321 SUMMARY:Chaharshanbe Suri DESCRIPTION:Jumping over bonfires to leave the year's ills behind. Begins a t sunset the evening before. The last Wednesday before the day of the rule below: 1 Farvardin in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Č AHĀRŠANBA-SŪRĪ\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/chaharshanbe-suri/ 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:khordad-sal-2030-05-27@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300527 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300528 SUMMARY:Khordad Sal DESCRIPTION:Zoroastrians in Iran keep the birth of Zarathustra on 6 Khordad . Other Zoroastrian groups follow other calendars and keep other dates. 6 Khordad in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day bet ween years. Source: Khordad Sal\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/khordad-sal/ 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: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: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 Persian Gulf\, and all 290 people aboard died. The two governments describe the cause differently\, and the International Court of Justice case ended in a settlement in 1996. 3 July every year\, in the Gregorian 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:tirgan-2030-07-04@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300704 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300705 SUMMARY:Tirgan DESCRIPTION:Water festival\; its organisers describe the Toronto Tirgan fes tival as the largest Iranian cultural festival outside Iran. 13 Tir in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. So urce: Tirgan\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/tirgan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mordadgan-2030-07-29@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300729 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300730 SUMMARY:Mordadgan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of Amurdad\, the spi rit of immortality and plants\, kept on the day Mordad of the month Mordad . 7 Mordad in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mordadgan/ 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:mehregan-2030-10-08@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301009 SUMMARY:Mehregan DESCRIPTION:Autumn festival of friendship\, of Zoroastrian origin. 16 Mehr in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between yea rs. Source: MEHRAGĀN\, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online (secondary) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/mehregan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:abanagan-2030-11-01@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301102 SUMMARY:Abanagan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of water\, kept on t he day Aban of the month Aban. Some families mark it by a stream or a well . 10 Aban in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day b etween years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, Wikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/abanagan/ 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:azargan-2030-11-30@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301201 SUMMARY:Azargan DESCRIPTION:A Zoroastrian and ancient Iranian festival of fire\, kept on th e day Azar of the month Azar. 9 Azar in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Greg orian date moves by a day between years. Source: Zoroastrian festivals\, W ikipedia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/azargan/ TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:yalda-2030-12-22@iranians.global DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301223 SUMMARY:Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh) DESCRIPTION:Longest night: pomegranates\, watermelon\, nuts and Hafez divin ation\; UNESCO inscription 2022. Begins at sunset the evening before. 1 De y in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between y ears. It begins at sunset the evening before. Source: Yalda Night\, Wikipe dia (to verify) URL:https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/yalda/ 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 END:VCALENDAR