29 Shahrivar 2579 Shahanshahi — equivalent to 29 Shahrivar 1399 Shamsi and 2020-09-19 Gregorian. Nika Shakarami Memorial Day is observed on this day. Today's occasion, a cultural insight, and a classical Persian verse.
29 Shahrivar 2579 in the Shahanshahi calendar falls on Saturday — equivalent to 29 Shahrivar 1399 Shamsi and 19 September 2020 Gregorian.
Nika Shakarami was a 16-year-old girl from Khorramabad who disappeared on September 20, 2022 during the Woman, Life, Freedom protests. Her body was found 8 days later. Her family intended to bury her on her 17th birthday. Nika became a symbol of youth resistance in Iran.
Today is 29 Shahrivar in the Shahanshahi calendar — one day in thousands of years of unbroken Persian culture.
شب تاریک و بیم موج و گردابی چنین هایل کجا دانند حال ما سبکباران ساحلها
“Dark night, fear of waves, such a terrible whirlpool How can those on shore know our state”
— Hafez