11 Tir 2582 Shahanshahi — equivalent to 11 Tir 1402 Shamsi and 2023-07-02 Gregorian. Sarina Esmailzadeh Birthday is observed on this day. Today's occasion, a cultural insight, and a classical Persian verse.
11 Tir 2582 in the Shahanshahi calendar falls on Sunday — equivalent to 11 Tir 1402 Shamsi and 2 July 2023 Gregorian.
Sarina Esmailzadeh was born on July 2, 2006. She was a 16-year-old student at Farzanegan School in Karaj and a YouTuber. In one video she said: "Nothing feels better than freedom." She was killed by security forces on September 23, 2022 from repeated baton blows to her head.
Hafez, the beloved Persian poet from Shiraz (14th century), is so revered that his tomb receives more visitors than any other site in Iran.
چو آفتاب تو طالع شدی ز مشرق روح ز مشرق تو دگر آفتاب سر نزند
“When you rose as sun from the east of soul From your east no other sun shall rise”
— Rumi