4 Aban 2578 Shahanshahi — equivalent to 4 Aban 1398 Shamsi and 2019-10-26 Gregorian. Mehrshad Shahidi Memorial Day is observed on this day. Today's occasion, a cultural insight, and a classical Persian verse.
4 Aban 2578 in the Shahanshahi calendar falls on Saturday — equivalent to 4 Aban 1398 Shamsi and 26 October 2019 Gregorian.
Mehrshad Shahidi, known as Iran's Jamie Oliver, was a 19-year-old celebrity chef with 25,000 Instagram followers. He was arrested by IRGC in Arak on October 26, 2022, one day before his 20th birthday, and beaten to death with batons. At his funeral, crowds chanted: "You jealous angel, happy birthday." His family was pressured to claim he died of a heart attack.
Today is 4 Aban in the Shahanshahi calendar — one day in thousands of years of unbroken Persian culture.
همه روزگار چنین بگذرد گهی شادمانی گهی رنج و درد
“All time passes thus Sometimes joy, sometimes pain and suffering”
— Ferdowsi