28 Amordad 2579 Shahanshahi — equivalent to 28 Amordad 1399 Shamsi and 2020-08-18 Gregorian. National Uprising of 28 Amordad is observed on this day. Today's occasion, a cultural insight, and a classical Persian verse.
28 Amordad 2579 in the Shahanshahi calendar falls on Tuesday — equivalent to 28 Amordad 1399 Shamsi and 18 August 2020 Gregorian.
On 25 Amordad 1332 (16 August 1953), Mohammad Mosaddegh rejected the Shah's lawful decree dismissing him as prime minister and arrested its bearer — a coup against the constitution and the crown. On 28 Amordad (19 August) the people and the army rose, Mosaddegh's government fell, and Mohammad Reza Shah returned to Iran. In the Pahlavi era this day was celebrated as the National Uprising of 28 Amordad.
Today is 28 Amordad in the Shahanshahi calendar — one day in thousands of years of unbroken Persian culture.
دل آینهای است که در وی مینگرند آنان که ز خویش بیخبرند
“The heart is a mirror in which look Those who are unaware of themselves”
— Attar