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Convenings

Meetings, classes, clinics, forums and cultural gatherings of Chapters across the network.

01Coming up

No convenings are announced yet. Chapters list theirs here once confirmed.

03Days in the calendar

Festivals, remembrance and civic days. Chapters often meet around them.

  • Date varies · Festival

    Nowruz

    New year of the Solar Hijri calendar: haft-sin table, spring cleaning, visits and gifts. UNESCO Representative List; UN International Day of Nowruz, 21 March.

    نوروز

  • Date varies · Festival

    Chaharshanbe Suri

    Jumping over bonfires to leave the year’s ills behind.

    چهارشنبه‌سوری

  • Date varies · Festival

    Sizdah Bedar

    Picnics outdoors; knotted sabzeh is cast into running water.

    سیزده‌بدر

  • Date varies · Festival

    Tirgan

    Water festival; the Toronto Tirgan festival is the largest Iranian cultural festival outside Iran.

    تیرگان

  • Date varies · Festival

    Mehregan

    Autumn festival of friendship, of Zoroastrian origin.

    مهرگان

  • Date varies · Festival

    Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh)

    Longest night: pomegranates, watermelon, nuts and Hafez divination; UNESCO inscription 2022.

    شب یلدا

  • Date varies · Festival

    Sadeh

    Midwinter fire festival of Zoroastrian origin.

    سده

  • Date varies · Religious

    Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr

    End of the fast of Ramadan.

    عید فطر

  • Date varies · Religious

    Muharram and Ashura

    Mourning of Imam Hussein; ta’zieh passion plays (UNESCO).

    عاشورا

  • Date varies · Religious

    Ridvan

    Baha’i festival commemorating Baha’u’llah’s declaration in Baghdad, 1863.

    رضوان

  • January 8 · Remembrance

    PS752 remembrance

    Remembrance of the 176 people killed on Flight PS752, 8 January 2020.

    یادبود پرواز ۷۵۲

  • September 16 · Remembrance

    Woman, Life, Freedom anniversary

    Anniversary of the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini, 16 September 2022.

    زن، زندگی، آزادی

  • Date varies · Religious

    Eid al-Adha (Eid-e Qorban)

    Feast of the Sacrifice at the close of the Hajj.

    عید قربان

04How convenings work

  • No attendee list is ever published.
  • In-person venues are shared with registered participants unless the organiser marks the venue public.
  • No photos or recordings of participants without their consent.
  • No party, candidate, faction or armed actor is promoted.
  • Every convening follows the law of the country where it takes place.

Shared events

Sharing opens soon

Events shared by members, each linked to its organiser’s own announcement.

05Hold a convening

Chapters and Cells propose convenings to the organisation. A convening is listed once its organiser confirms the date, format and access.

Propose a convening

06How a convening runs

Process

Holding a convening

How a Chapter or local Chapter cell holds a meeting, class or gathering, safely.

5 steps

OrganiserIDCDCParticipants01 · StartConvening proposed02 · GateListed03 · StepRegistration04 · StepHeld05 · OutcomeSummary

Run log

  1. 01 · Organiser

    Convening proposed

    A Chapter or local Chapter cell proposes the date, format and access; the organiser is named by role.

  2. 02 · IDCDC

    Listed

    A convening is listed once its organiser confirms the date, format and access.

  3. 03 · Participants

    Registration

    People register; an in-person venue is shared with them.

    Rule
    No attendee list is ever published.

  4. 04 · Organiser

    Held

    The convening follows the law of the country where it takes place.

    Rule
    No photos or recordings of participants without consent.

  5. 05 · IDCDC

    Summary

    What was discussed and decided, never who attended.

The convening rules on the News and Events pages.

Cite this page
APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Convenings. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/news/events/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Convenings.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/news/events/.

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	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/news/events/},
}

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