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Occasions: May 2026
- May 1
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 14 International Workers’ Day - May 2
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 15 Martyrdom of Morteza Motahhari; Teachers’ Day - May 5
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 18 Commemoration of Shaykh al-Saduq - May 10
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 23 Special day of pilgrimage to Imam al-Reza - May 12
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 25 Dahw al-Ard (spreading of the earth) - May 12
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 25 The Prophet sets out for the Farewell Pilgrimage - May 15
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 28 Commemoration of Ferdowsi; Persian Language Day - May 17
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 30 Martyrdom of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad - May 17
Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 30 Communications and Public Relations Day - May 18
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1 Marriage of Imam Ali and Lady Fatima - May 18
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1 Commemoration of Omar Khayyam - May 22
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 5 Commemoration of Mulla Sadra - May 23
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 6 Death of al-Mansur al-Dawaniqi - May 24
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 7 Martyrdom of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir - May 24
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 7 Liberation of Khorramshahr - May 25
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 8 Imam Husayn leaves Mecca for Iraq - May 26
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 9 Day of Arafah; martyrdom of Muslim ibn Aqil - May 27
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 10 Eid al-Adha - May 27
Dhuʻl-Hijjah 10 Imam Ali proclaims Surat al-Bara’a