25 Esfand · Spenta Armaiti 1405

Events on this day

• Festival of Fire · Chaharshanbe Suri

  Iranian · Ancient festival

  Bonfires on the eve of the year's last Wednesday, to leave the old year's troubles behind.

• Halabja chemical attack

  Kurdish · Historical

  Saddam Hussein's regime gassed the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988, killing thousands.

• Completion of the Shahnameh · Payan-e Sorayesh-e Shahnameh

  Iranian · Cultural

  Ferdowsi finished the Shahnameh, the Persian Book of Kings, in 1010 after some thirty years' work.

Other events

• Bahá'í Fast · Day 15
• Farvardigan · Farvardegan · Day 6
• Great Lent · Day 2
• Hamaspathmaidyem Gahambar · Gahanbar-e Hamaspathmaidyem · Day 1
• Parvin E'tesami Day · Ruz-e Parvin E'tesami
• Parwanaya · Day 4

Facts

• Day 361 of 1405
• 4 days left
• Zodiac sign: Pisces · Hut