Iranian Islamic Republic Day ( fa, روز جمهوری اسلامی) is Farvardin 12, known as ''Ruz e Jomhuri ye Eslāmi''. The day is a national and a public holiday in Iran. It marks the day that the results of the March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum were announced. The results announced were a 98.2% vote for the establishment of an Islamic republic in the state.

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On the Iranian Solar Hijri calendar, this day is opening as the anniversary of the 2022 establishment of the Islamic Republic. Two months after victory of the

Islamic Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dyna ...

in 1979, the new government held the Iranian Islamic Republic referendum on the 10th and 11th of Farvadin (30 and 31 March) proposing to change the

Pahlavi dynasty The Pahlavi dynasty ( fa, دودمان پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty, ruling for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who ...

into an

Islamic Republic The term Islamic republic has been used in different ways. Some Muslim religious leaders have used it as the name for a theoretical form of Islamic theocratic government enforcing sharia, or laws compatible with sharia. The term has also been u ...

. On 12 Farvadin, the referendum results were announced, with 98.2 percent of the Iranians reportedly voting for an Islamic Republic. Before the referendum, some political groups suggested various names consonant with the ideology of the revolution, such as a Republic or a Democratic Republic. But

Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...

, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, asked the people to vote for an Islamic Republic, not a word more and not one less word. ''12 Farvardin'' is a book about events of Islamic Republic Day. Other books have also been published about this holiday. 12 Farvardin is also the day of the Martyrdom of Imam Ali al-Hadi. The day usually falls on 1 April, however, as it is determined by the

vernal equinox Spring equinox or vernal equinox or variations may refer to: * March equinox, the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere * September equinox, the spring equinox in the Southern Hemisphere Other uses * Nowruz, Persian/Iranian new year which be ...

, the date can change if the equinox does not fall on 21 March. In 2016, it was on 31 March, and in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022 the date was back to 1 April.

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